American_Industry

The Industrial Giant Known as America Many factors led to America having a tremendous rise in industry. The five points that made the most impact were technology, mass distribution and production, education, railroads, management ideas and structure, and immigrant labor. These five points not only improved the existing industry, but they revolutionized how the American industry would be run for the next generation. As with any change in an existing system, there were a few problems, the main problems where with workers so management just replaced them with machines. Many people weren’t ready to make the adjustment from small town farming to big city living but the benefits far out-weighed any unusual situations, so the people and the nation when along with it. In the 1850’s and on, most Americans were wondering about the benefit of a society dominated by cities, factories, and masses of wage earners. Along with cities and factories, pollution, and unhygienic situations was rising as well. Industrializing of the nation was wanted by many people but on the other hand, many people did not want to see the nation industrialize. The United States, at this point, mostly an agricultural society, and most of

The cheaper and cleaner electricalpower allowed for longer working days and easier working day for the laborers. Immigrants built thenation"tms tunnels and railroads , mined iron ore, coal and other minerals. In1878 the first gas engine was patented. These caused a slowing of the United States transforming into a industrial nation. Immigrantlabor constituted about 70 of all the labor in the twentieth century. This called for millions ofjobs in coal and iron-ore mining, oil refinery, steel making, rubber manufacturing, machinetooling, and service stations. Duke also started national advertisingwhich was a huge success. The adjustment from small town, rural living andfarming to big city living and urbanization led to some conflict of ideas among earlyworkers. Many factors helped contribute to the growth of the nation"tms industry. In 1897, the economic depressionfinally came to an end. In 1910, the United States firming planted itself as the world"tmsleading industrial power. Two major inventions during this period were the invention of the gasoline-powered,internal combustion engine and harnessing of electric power. They stoked thehot steel furnaces on the trains and in steel factories also. These and many other jobs led to corporations and new jobsin management. Also, manufacturers oftenfound that distribution systems need to be revamped.