especially since the Industrial Revolution of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries‚ the pace of change accelerated dramatically in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. America went from the horses pulling wagons to steam power railroad to automobiles and electric power in a very short time. Communications by telephone‚ the invention of the typewriter‚ the widespread use of electricity‚ the development of the internal combustion engine‚ all propelled the nation rapidly into a brave
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Corruption began within the working community on the transportation systems. The railroad barons gave large kickbacks to the shippers‚ gave local journalists free passes in an attempt to win them over‚ and overcharged farmers. The government caught wind of this after enough complaints compiled and when it reached congress‚ they were obligated
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other forms of transportation such as the steamboat and railroads. The train soon became the number one source of transportation for goods because train cars could hold heavier loads than steam boats and products could be moved cheaper and easier. Steam powered trains were first introduced to the United States in the 1830’s and within 5 years‚ smaller local rail roads were operating. In 1869‚ the first transcontinental railroad‚ a railroad that crossed the entire country‚ was completed. Before the
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Motors and specialization in Atlas Shrugged are today’s topics. I’ve never really stop to question why Rand chose to make the Taggart Company a railroad company. It could have been a bread company‚ a phone company‚ or even a chair company. The reason why she chose the Taggart transcontinental and its trains is to use it to symbolize societal progression‚ that idea of moving forwards with the motor/engines leading and driving the charge. These motors refer to those who have passion for a specific
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country we live in such as Guglielmo Marconi‚ Samuel F. B. morse‚ Henry Ford‚ and many many more. There were many inventions which led to the start of the industrial revolution in America. The three most important inventions being the Cotton Gin‚ Railroad‚ and the telephone. The first invention out of the three was the cotton Gin. The Cotton Gin was invented in 1793 by Eli Whitney who lived from 1765 to 1825. The cotton Gin was not a very complex but rather simple‚ The first step to using it was to
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Francisco and throughout California. The increased demand for gold in California lead the production of railways across the United States. The Gold Rush lead to the completion of the Transcontinental Railway in 1869 which was built by Union Pacific and Central Pacific. The motivation for building of a nationwide railroads caused by the gold rush timeframe was a major factor in economic growth and lead to drastically increasing economic
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plentiful land‚ and expensive labor. Once immigrants started to pour in they would work for a lot less money making industrialization possible. With more manpower‚ for less money they could increase the production at any place. The building of railroads and machines greatly helped industrialization along with the immigrants working for less money. A huge factor in industrialization between 1860-1900 was immigration. About 23 million people came from other countries and immigrated to the U.S in
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many Americans. Many people could not afford to pay for the long trip out West. To facilitate the migration of Americans to the west‚ the federal government passed several laws. These laws did everything from providing free land to the expansion of railroads westward. This westward expansion did not come without a price. Unfortunately‚
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Several factors led to the rise of U.S. industrialization in the late 1800’s. New technologies like steam engines‚ railroads‚ and telegraphs made communication and transportation easier. The ability to source and transport materials across the country with ease turned many local businesses into national companies. Workplace innovations‚ such as the assembly-line method of production‚ allowed these companies to produce goods on a mass scale. In the late 1800’s‚ the American railway system became a
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infecting their population with their less superior genes. As such‚ laws were put in place in order to disrupt their way of life and stop them from entering the country. For instance‚ the Pacific Railway Act allowed for the construction of the Transcontinental
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