Why did US business and industry grow?
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- Created by: edie cooke
- Created on: 19-04-13 18:06
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- Why did US business and industry grow?
- WORKFORCE
- WORKFORCE
- Immigration.
- Highly skilled workers came from industrialised countries such as Britain and Germany.
- Immigration.
- Immigration.
- Growing number of industrial workers, trebelled from 1860 to over 3 million by 1900.
- Made possible for the rapid expansion of Industry.
- Highly skilled workers came from industrialised countries such as Britain and Germany.
- Highly skilled workers came from industrialised countries such as Britain and Germany.
- Made possible for the rapid expansion of Industry.
- Invention of production line meant workers didn't have to be skilled, and could be hired for cheap labour.
- This sort of mass production made items more affordable, supply and demand both increased, making businesses grow.
- Revolution in shipping, coal-fired steamships.
- All faster, stimulating industries of the US.
- TRANSPORT
- Why did US business and industry grow?
- Why did US business and industry grow?
- Cornelius Vanderbilt.
- Railway companies became huge employers.
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