Industrialization

1. Three factors that enabled the United States to rapidly industrialize were a wealth of newly discovered natural resources, the government's support for business and a growing urban population.

2. The newly developed Bessemer Process allowed the building of skyscrapers.

3. Previously the weakness of iron prevented the build of buildings over 4 or 5 stories.

4. The harnessing of electricity allowed factories to be built anywhere, no longer relying on water mills for power.

5. The inventions of the telephone and the typewriter inceased women in the workplace by 40%.