History Homework 9-12-07

History homework 9-12-07

Q: List three factors that enabled the United States to rapidly industrialize?
1. A wealth of natural resources
2. Government support for business
3. A growing urban population that provided both cheap labor and markets for new products.
2. Q: What invention provided architects the ability to build skyscrapers?
A: Steal.
3. Q: What hampered a building’s height previously?
A: The buildings were supported by their walls so they couldn’t go very high. Now buildings are supported by their steal frames.
4. Q: How did the harnessing of electricity transform American Business?
A: Electricity in business made it better because now they can run fans and Printing presses, so everything is easier.
Q: How were women affected by the inventions of the typewriter and telephone?
A: before the 2nd industrial revolution women made up less than 5 percent and 1910 women made up 40 % of the working world and they could work on type writers and telephones.