AP Notes, Outlines, Study Guides, Vocabulary, Practice Exams and more!

Thomas Edison

Rise of Big Business and the Triumph of Industry: 1870-1900

Subject: 
US History
Rating: 
0
No votes yet
SocialTags: 
Thomas Edison
Technology
United States
Linotype machine
Wool
Light fixture
Incandescent light bulb
Phonograph
Business
Tags: 
industry

AP US History Chapter 18: Rise of Big Business and the Triumph of Industry: 1870-1900 What were the key innovations that contributed to the triumph of industrialization between 1865 and 1900? largest steam engine was providing power to machines that spun cotton, combed wool, printed newspapers, made shoes, pumped water, and other stuff Alexander Graham Bell?s telephone Thomas Alva Edison?s incandescent lamp and phonograph machine gun cable car electric street light Linotype machine -population rose from under 40 mil to 75 mill gross national product(GNP) more than tripled farmers grew from 2 mill in 1860 to 5.75 mill in 1900 farming became huge and they were producing alot in the mid west and cali more land was under cultivation
Subscribe to RSS - Thomas Edison

Need Help?

We hope your visit has been a productive one. If you're having any problems, or would like to give some feedback, we'd love to hear from you.

For general help, questions, and suggestions, try our dedicated support forums.

If you need to contact the Course-Notes.Org web experience team, please use our contact form.

Need Notes?

While we strive to provide the most comprehensive notes for as many high school textbooks as possible, there are certainly going to be some that we miss. Drop us a note and let us know which textbooks you need. Be sure to include which edition of the textbook you are using! If we see enough demand, we'll do whatever we can to get those notes up on the site for you!