The Industrial revolution was from 1750 to 1850. It was a time of technological and economic growth. American culture also went through many changes at this time. The cotton gin, steam boat, and the telegraph were important inventions. Telegraph allowed messages to be sent quickly. The steam boat affected the transportation of goods. The cotton gin made cotton productivity much faster. The expansion of the railroads increased the rate of westward expansion. Andrew Carnige was the first person to mass produce steel. Social Darwinism applies the ideas behind survival of the fittest to the economy. Roosevelt was trying to break up monopolies such as the one that Rockefeller had.
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