2. A Look at Western Europe and Japan
in the 19th century shows that the
U.S. was not the only one building
railroads, factories, taken immigrants
from farms or other nations and
spawned huge cities
Although the industrial revolution
came to america after great britain,it
swept through the american economy
in a little more then a generation
United states by 1900 was the world's
leading industrial power with a
manufacturing output exceeding the
combined total of great britain,
france, and germany.
3. Americas surge to
industrialization was in
great due to its vast amount
of natural resources
late 19th century the
american economy was
increasingly dominated by
big business corporation
a few dozen companies
controlled their industries
nationwide
