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Based on what I know about the changes and resources that helped the United States' industries to grow I would expect China's resources to increase as the years go by. Chinese industries are discovering new sources of raw materials to use, and Chinese cities are growing quickly. Natural resources are becoming more available.Between 1900 and 2006, total world steel production increased, and steel is becoming more useful as a building resource. Cities are becoming centers of manufacturing. In 2006, the United States produced more steel than it did in 1900, but China was the world's leading steel producer in 2006. In 1900, Europe had more steel-producing countries than other continents, but In 2006, the world's leading steel producers were located in Asia.

Telegraph

telegraph telephone

voice technologies

The Gilded Age marked a major watershed in the history of American race relations. In the Gilded Age people developed transportation and communication, so it was easier for businesses to reach their consumers. Technology helped the expanding American economy, by getting more workers into the American work force. They created new jobs and needed more workers and technology helped them communicate. Robber Barons and captains of industry was known as business leaders, and the harnessed the new emerging technology using it in their businesses. In the Gilded Age people were "moving, building, expanding, reforming, and dreaming." The use of new business models, the rise of new technology, and the expansion of railroads, are the three factors that transformed industry during the Gilded Age. During the Gilded Age, industrialization in the United States led to increased urbanization, and economic growth and changing technology. Railroad expansion affect the prices of goods by shipping products by railroad it was much cheaper, and the cost of goods decreased. Population growth during the Gilded Age was due in large part to immigration to the United States. During the Gilded Age the US population rose from nearly 40 million in 1870 to nearly 80 million in 1900. One major effect of industrialization on American society was more people moved to urban areas. They made a lot of products using mass production which is, a system of manufacturing that uses machines to rapidly produce large amounts of a product. During the Gilded Age the two developments that caused industrialization and the economy to grow was, the new technology and a system of railroads. The economy grew more quickly during the Gilded Age than at any other time in US history because the two factors that caused this growth were a great increase in steel production and an increase in the value of manufactured goods. US manufacturing had surpassed the level of industrialized Britain, and the United States had become the world's largest producer.

1869.

the use of new business models, the rise of new technology, and the expansion of railroads

increased urbanization.

economic growth and changing technology.

They made it possible for people to live in one part of the city and work in another. They made the city feel more convenient. They made it easier for people to get around the city to shop or do business. They made it possible for cities to continue to support more residents.

from nearly 40 million in 1870 to nearly 80 million in 1900.

the Western states

Morgan was a banker and financier who organized corporate mergers.

Shipping products by railroad was much cheaper, and the cost of goods decreased.

steel production.

investor-owned businesses called corporations.

raw materials and finished products were shipped quickly and cheaply.

More people moved to urban areas.

machines rapidly produced large amounts of products.

A system of manufacturing that uses machines to rapidly produce large amounts of a product

the automobile

by creating more freedom and convenience

A system of manufacturing that uses machines to rapidly produce large amounts of a product

new technology and a system of railroads.

a great increase in steel production and an increase in the value of manufactured goods.

US manufacturing had surpassed the level of industrialized Britain, and the United States had become the world's largest producer.

1800 to 1900.

nearly 40 million in 1870 to nearly 80 million in 1900.

Western factories were built in what had been wooded rural areas.

It enabled the mass production of steel, which was used to build new factories.

economic growth and social change.

urban areas, where they worked in factories.

Companies could ship goods cheaply

Western states and territories

increased environmental damage,

The inventions I have discovered in this lesson that changed Americans' lives the most is the railroads and telegraph. The railroads changed Americans' lives the most because they made it possible for people to live in one part of the city and work in another and made the city feel more convenient. The telegraph changed Americans' lives the most because from a telegraph office, you could send a message to almost any place in the world instantaneously. They changed Americans' lives the most because they were the start of new technologies. They were made and than people kept up grading them and because of that we now have telephones and automobiles. It all started with railroads and telegraphs, and without them we wouldn't have all the things we have today.

the end of the American Revolution to 1865.

Railroads brought more cattle to processing plants and stockyards in growing cities, the meat packing industry exploded.A major industry that the railroads helped was the meat packing industry. As railroad stretched across the plains, they became easy ways for ranchers to transport cattle. By bringing raw materials to cities, railroads helped cities like Minneapolis to grow. As railroads brought crops and foods to cities, they helped new food industries grow. Railroads carried farmers and settlers west where they could buy land, get a homestead, and have support from railroad towns. And then railroads would carry the crops east back to the growing cities that needed food. Railroads made a big difference, because they created a connection between these regions.

meatpacking

only as far as Chicago

increase in the types of raw materials found in the United States.

Morse's telegraph Granville Woods's railroad telegraph designs Bell's telephone

Inventors in the field of communication improved on each other's earlier designs because they kept upgrading them. Samuel Morse invented the telegraph, but there were some problems with it that could be solved. For example the telegraph usually required people to go to offices, it wasn't easy to carry around, it couldn't transmit voices, and it required a special code to communicate. Granville Woods railroad telegraph designs created the multiplex telegraph which was a device that allowed telegraphs to be used on moving trains. Now Woods' inventions helped trains to communicate. It fixed a few of the problems with the telegraph. A little more than thirty years after it was invented, the telegraph was rapidly replaced by the telephone. Today's telephone uses the same basic voice technologies that were used in 1876. Edison was fascinated with the telephone, so he explored ways to record and then to transmit sound. Because of that, Edison invented the phonograph, a device that could record and play music. He was also interested in recording images, and this led him to develop a motion picture camera and a motion picture player, movies. Because of the camera we now have photos on boxes of food that's inside. Inventors in the field of communication improved on each other's earlier designs by finding new improvements from each others inventions. Because Edison was so fascinated with the telephone, he discovered a way to make a phonograph. A phonograph can record and play music, so Edison than discovered a way to record images.

It reduced coast-to-coast communication from about 180 days to about a week.

in the beginning of the 1900s

railroad technology

The telephone allowed for voice communication.

Elevated trains and subways replaced horse-drawn trolleys.

the telephone

the telegraph

He made car production cheaper by improving the assembly line.

the use of expensive materials

The telegraph let messages be delivered in days instead of weeks.

New inventions were accessible to all people.

the late 1800s

He made it possible for moving trains to have telegraphs.

the movie industry

demand higher wages join forces with other employees try to get into a skilled trade try to find a better job

unions tried to represent all workers, no matter their race, gender, or ethnic background

better pay shorter hours fairer rules

collective bargaining strikes

Labor unions achieved more freedom than the American Revolution.

Labor union Management Labor union

Successful negotiations and strikes convinced workers that joining a union could be helpful.

Workers must fight for their own rights and freedoms.

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