WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
GILDED AGE POLITICS
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natural resources.
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government support for business.
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a growing urban population.
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a large upper and middle class group of people.
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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.
Detailed explanation-2: -A surge of technological innovations and inventions, like Thomas Edison’s incandescent lightbulb and Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone, fueled this economic growth.
Detailed explanation-3: -Five factors that spurred industrial growth in the late 1800’s are Abundant natural resources (coal, iron, oil); Abundant labor supply; Railroads; Labor saving technological advances (new patents) and Pro-Business government policies.
Detailed explanation-4: -Historians have identified several causes for the Industrial Revolution, including: the emergence of capitalism, European imperialism, efforts to mine coal, and the effects of the Agricultural Revolution.