Posted by 4Justice on September 14, 2010 at 10:22am
today we are going to have some more people present their presentations. Clevland, Ohio was the largest growing cities in the mid 1870s - clevland had access to raw materials and made it effecient for industry - 1860s clevlands most favorite industrys were the clothing industrys - 1840 iron went from 1.3 million tons to 6.7 tons - 1913 iron went to 10.4 million tons - 1860 steel was expensive - 1876 Thomas Edison established first aboratory in Menlo Park - 1880 edison inproved light bulb - Christopher Sholes invented typewritter in 1867 - alexander bell and thomas waston meand second best invention the telephone - inventions helped women get jobs - after civil war US mainly relied on agriculture - US became most industrialized nation in the world - railroads causend many differnt changes in life like time zones and allowed towns and communities to grow - pullman created a town for his railroad workers and ely richard visted it and then thought it was un american because it didnt allow the town to go anywhere cause the railroad wouldnt work - railroads allowed people to get from town to town and made westward expansion faster - grovernment gave railroad companies hug land grands and loans because they realized how big of an opportunity it was to expand - 1869 2 railroads cross - marked spot where railroads met with a golden spike - railroads made dreams possible by available land, adventure, new start for the people that needed it - white railroad workers had 10 hr days and made from 40 to 60 dollars and paid food - chinese worked from dusk to dawn made 35 dollars a month and had to provide own food - many indian attacks on the railroad workers - railroads mand iron steel coal and lumber industries better - railroads made trade easier - chicago became the city to most use the railroad - crideit mobiliar - stock holders gave a company 3 times the amount of money to lay railroads and then they would pocket rest of the money - after comany donated stock to about 20 representitives in 1867 - in new york sun they eventually found out the officers took about 23 million dollars in stocks bonds and money - grange group of people who were farmers and men who fought against railroads
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