WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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Bessemer Process
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Typewriter
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Lightbulb
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Detailed explanation-1: -In what significant way did the development of the incandescent light bulb improve nineteenth-century urban conditions? It replaced the dirty and dangerous gaslight.
Detailed explanation-2: -Not everyone shared in the economic prosperity of this period. Many workers were typically unemployed at least part of the year, and their wages were relatively low when they did work. This situation led many workers to support and join labor unions.
Detailed explanation-3: -During the mid-19th century, the Bessemer converter–an oval shaped furnace that blasted molten iron with oxygen–revolutionized the production of steel.
Detailed explanation-4: -How did business leaders in the late nineteenth century utilize vertical integration? They maintained control of production and distribution of their products.