Invention and Innovation 1850-1900

U.S. Industrial Revolution

Three Factors Wealth of natural resources Government support for business Growing population

Oil Boom 1859 Edwin Drake- 1st to use steam engine to

drill for oil Watch Gusher Video

Steel 1850 Bessemer process- injected air into hot

iron to remove carbon Steel- lighter, stronger, didn’t rust

Barbed Wire

Plows

Brooklyn Bridge

Skyscrapers

Woolworths building-NYC1st -Home insurance building- Chicago 1883