USII.4d An Industrial Nation Online version This is a review for SOL USII.4d An Industrial Nation is Born: rise of big business. by Jeremy Page 1 Invention impacting industrialization 2 Invention impacting industrialization 3 Reasons for rise and prosperity of big business 4 Factors that resulted in the growth of industry 5 Examples of Big Business 6 Post-Civil War Changes to farm and city life Telephone Alexander Graham Bell Thomas Edison Electric lighting National markets created by railroads Captains of Industry Advertising lower-cost production Available workforce due to immigration Inventions Financing Access to raw materials and energy Steel (Carnegie) Oil (Rockefeller) Railroads (Vanderbilt) Mechanization reduced labor needs in rural areas (life) Industrialization increased labor needs in urban centers (life) New access to consumer goods: mail order