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The American Industrial Revolution
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What forces led the United States away from its agrarian roots, transforming it into a nation dependent on mechanized farming, heavy industry, and large corporations? This program helps identify an...
What forces led the United States away from its agrarian roots, transforming it into a nation dependent on mechanized farming, heavy industry, and large corporations? This program helps identify answers as it examines the Industrial Revolution in the latter half of the 19th century. Viewers learn about the establishment of the transcontinental railroad and its role in industrial growth, including the rise of the steel industry led by Andrew Carnegie. The emergence of John D. Rockefeller's oil empire as a major economic driver is also highlighted. Further subjects include the great inventors, such as George Eastman, Alexander Graham Bell, and Thomas Edison; westward expansion and the Homestead Act of 1862; the waves of immigration that occurred after 1870; and environmental issues that developed in the wake of American industrialization.
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- Creator
- Media Rich Learning (Firm)
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2012], c2001
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (30 min.) : sd., col. + instructional materials (online)
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn817236570
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Introduction: The American Industrial Revolution (1:09) -- Railroads (2:47) -- Steel (2:07) -- Oil Industry (2:09) -- New Season of Ingenuity (1:26) -- Agriculture (2:11) -- Failure of Homesteading (1:19) -- Mining (1:04) -- The Cattlemen (1:07) -- The Urban Transformation (2:01) -- Growing Pains (1:59) -- Poor Working Conditions (1:54) -- Labor Reform (1:18) -- The Price of Progress (2:04) -- Impact of an Era (1:18) -- Credits: The American Industrial Revolution (0:50)