14-1 questions, make-up

1. List three factors that enabled the United States to rapidly industralize?
Three factors that enabled the United States to rapidly industralize was a wealth of natural resources, government support for business and a growing urban population which provided cheap labor and markets for new products.

2. What invention provided architects the ability to build skyscrapers?
The steel frame was invented by William Le Baron Jenney to build skyscrapers.


3. What hampered a building's height previously?
Previously the weight of large buildings was supported entirely by their walls or iron frames.


4. How did the harnessing of electricity transform American business?
Electricity enabled industry to grow as it had never have, it gave people an efficient, cheaper source of energy and allowed manufacturers to locate their plants near rivers.

5. How were women affected by the inventions of the typewriter and telephone?
The inventions of the typewriter and the telephone opened doors for women to work such as office work. And with inustrialization women were needed as garment makers.