Expansion of Industry

Factor 1: Abundant Natural Resources
A. Which resources played crucial roles in industrialization?

Oil, iron, coal, steel, and electricity were the resources that played crucial roles in industrialization.

B. How did Edwin L. Drake help industry to acquire larger quantities of oil?

Edwin L. Drake helped industry to acquire larger quantities of oil because he used a steam engine to remove oil from beneath the Earth's surface. He demonstrated the usefulness of removing oil from beneath the Earth's surface, therefore causing this idea to spread across the United States, and making the oil industry boom. This caused industries to pop up everywhere and eventually the practicability of gasoline was discovered as well.

C. How did the Bessemer process allow better use of iron ore?

Iron tended to break and rust often, so through the cheap and efficient Bessemer process, which released the carbon from the iron, steel was created. Steel is a lighter metal that is flexible and is rust-resisitant. 

D. What new uses for steel were developed at this time?
Buildings could be any height now because of steel, since they wouldn't be at risk of rusting or breaking due to weight. Also, steel was used in abundance in the railroads, as well as in barbed wire and farm machines.
Factor 2: Increasing number of Inventions
A. How did Thomas Alva Edison contribute to this development? 

Thomas Edison created the lightbulb, the first research laboratory, and a way distribute and process electricity. All of these things make work life, and home life, significantly more efficient. They also jumpstarted electricity within industries, running machines, plants, streetcars, fans, printing presses, etc. 

B. How did George Westinghouse contribute to it? 

George Westinghouse invented ways for the use of electricity in industries to be safer and cheaper, therefore making the whole process of using electricity a lot quicker and less expensive. 

C. How did Christopher Sholes contribute? 

Christopher Sholes created the typewriter, which made work a whole lot easier. Instead of handwriting everything, which is time consuming, typewriters allowed work to be quicker and neater. It also opened jobs for women in the office.

D. How did Alexandar Graham Bell contribute? 

Alexandar Graham Bell created one of the biggest inventions of the Industrial Age-the telephone. It allowed worldwide communication, which made communication between businesses quicker and cheaper.  The telephone also created more jobs for women.