Industrialization

Table of Contents

Introduction 3
Railroad and competition 3
The Railroad’s importance and success 4
The oil boom and mass-production 7
Technological advantages and disadvantages 8
Conclusion 9
Bibliography 10























Introduction

The Industrial America is closely connected with the World’s Columbian Exposition that took place in Chicago. The remarkable exhibition opened on the 21st of October in 1892 and was accessible for a whole year, until October 1893. The function of Chicago’s exposition was to show the people the industrial development and progress of the past thirty years. Exhibits were for example, two massive steam engines, various inventions by Thomas A. Edison and the first long-distan...