Industrialization: the growth of factories, machines, mass production, and large-scale businesses
The United States experienced major industrial growth during the Second Industrial Revolution in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Important developments supporting industrialization included:
The Bessemer process made steel much faster and cheaper to produce.
1. Which situation illustrates vertical integration?
2. What does urbanization describe?
3. Which sequence best describes how a political machine strengthened its control?
What is industrialization?
The growth of factories, machines, mass production, and large-scale businesses.
When did the US experience major industrial growth in the Second Industrial Revolution?
In the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Name one important development that supported industrialization.
Steel.
Name another important development that supported industrialization.
Railroads.
What did the Bessemer process improve in steel production?
It made steel production much faster and cheaper.
List one use of steel during industrialization.
Railroads.
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