WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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Question
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Which new innovation contributed to a significant increase in factory production in the U.S. at the beginning of the twentieth century?
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Railroads
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Electricity
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Steam power
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Telegraph systems
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The main technology of the 19th century was steam power. Steam engines provided a more reliable and effective source of power than water or wind. American cities became centers of steam-powered manufacturing. The most significant breakthrough in the Age of Steam was the development of railroads.
Detailed explanation-2: -labor in abundance. Lots of money to invest. New, talented group of businessmen [entrepreneurs] and advisors. Market growing as US population increased.
Detailed explanation-3: -American inventors like Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Alva Edison created a long list of new technologies that improved communication, transportation, and industrial production.
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