Technological Innovation In Driving American Industrialization Essay

Hello Class,

For this week’s forum post I choose to write on the first question. Why can we say that technological innovation was just as significant in building American cities as it was in driving American industrialization? American industrialization and the technological innovation went hand in hand in creating these state of the art cities. The technological innovation’s carved the expansion of the modernized cities with mass transit, skyscrapers and electricity. The manufacturers started building factories on larger sites to accommodate for the growth of the population, which would employ thousands of people and drove the American industrialization. More and more people left the countryside and immigrants from other countries came to America searching for employment. As the population increased, so did the factories and thus bringing more need for housing and employment. The housing was separated into various ethnic groups and the middle class was introduced.

Instead of it taking months to cross the country, it would take a week by railroad. The steam engine presented a pivotal role in the industry and in the mills with not having to depend too much on power from water (Henretta). The new electric trolleys and underground trains provided an easier mode of transportation for people to get across the city to their work or home. Factories began assembly lines and were able to have mass production all hours of the day because of the electricity brightened the factories as if it were still daytime (Rees). The skyscrapers consisted of either businesses or apartments for living spaces. People wanted to live closer to their work so they would move into the apartments in the skyscrapers because they had electric elevators