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
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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.
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Ford Millions, Giant America, Populist Party, immigrant labor, industrial power, farming city living, people lived, worldtms leading industrial, leading industrial power, middle class, city living, adjustment town, duke started, electrical power, replaced machines, called millions,
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