Industrialization Dbq Research Paper

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By the early 1800’s the industrial revolution had began in the United States. But it did not really start until after the civil war in . When people began to move to cities to work in industries involving mines and factories instead of staying in the rural areas.The three major factors that permitted the united states to industrialize during the late 19th century which are an orotund source of natural resources and raw materials. Some of these were coal, oil, timber, water, ETC. The other major factor was the expanding population by immigrants and large families. The third major factor is new inventions such as motor vehicles. Since the changing economy many workers responded in different ways such as organizing unions, boycotts, strikes …show more content…

This also meant that there was a greater demand for industrial goods which created more wealth for industries and companies. Since there was a greater demand for goods it increased factory production as well. With large amount of resources, materials and growing population the third factor is new inventions alongside the railroad industry. These new inventions such as the telephone which was invented by Alexander Bell and also electricity which created the new age of technology. These revolutionize business ,personal communication in the united states which led to more job opportunities. As like the telephone , motor vehicles helped improve the network of transportation and communications ,it also created new job opportunities as well. The inventions of power driven machines helped maximise productivity and capacity with more products being produced in a small amount of time, this also created wealth and made it more easier to make goods and products. These factors led to more companies and industries such as the railroad industry which one of them was the transcontinental railroad that brought the resources from coast to coast with the help of land grants from the government. This made it easier to get resources to different areas of the nation in a small amount of time. It also expanded many markets. Since the economic change there was a lot of problems for the working class in labor and factory