WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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public welfare programs
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technological advances and financial investments
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a decline in productivity in Europe
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governemnt involvement in the economy
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Detailed explanation-1: -There were three causes of these advances: a large supply of natural resources, an explosion of inventions, and a growing city population that wanted the new products. One of the more important natural resources was oil. In 1840 a Canadian geologist discovered that kerosene could be used to light lamps.
Detailed explanation-2: -Steam power, the technology that moved steamboats and railroads, fueled the rise of American industry by powering mills and sparking new national transportation networks. A “market revolution” remade the nation. The revolution reverberated across the country.
Detailed explanation-3: -The rise of the United States as an industrial power began after the Civil War. Many factors promoted industry, including cheap labor, new inventions and technology, and plentiful raw materials. Railroads rapidly expanded.