Big Business and the Transportation of Resources
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Big Business and the Transportation of Resources. Reasons for the rise and prosperity of big business. National markets created by transportation advances Advertising Lower-cost production. And……. Captains of Industry. John D. Rockefeller- Oil Andrew Carnegie- Steel - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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National markets created by transportation advances
Advertising
Lower-cost productionAnd……
John D. Rockefeller- Oil
Andrew Carnegie- Steel
Henry Ford- Automobile
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
Henry Ford
Access to raw materials and energy
Availability of work force
Inventions
Financial Resources
Financial Resources--Money
Inventions—Light bulb
Workers
Steel
Railroad
Mechanization had reduced farm labor needs and increased production (reaper)
Industrial development in cities created a need for workers
Industrialization provided access to consumer goods (ex. Mail order catalogues)
FarmCity
Moving natural resources to eastern factories
Moving iron ore deposits to sites of steel mills
Transporting finished products to national markets
New England
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Textiles
automobile
Steel
Sources:
Andrew Carnegie
lt.wikipedia.org
John D. Rockefeller
www.voanews.com
Henry Ford
www.nndb.com
Money
http://www.finpipe.com/money.gif
Light Bulb
www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cbecs/bulb1.gif
Workers
http://i.pbase.com/o4/90/516390/1/58183295.workers.jpg
City
www.geocities.com
Textiles
http://www.companyc.com/images/textiles-throws.jpg
Automobiles
http://www.uh.edu/engines/model-t.gif
Railroad
www.umich.edu
Oil
www.cbc.ca
Steel
http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/s/images/steel_kapoor.turning.lg.jpg
Farm
http://www.class.uh.edu/phil/Freeland/pics/Farm.jpg
