Our study of the Gilded Age begins today with an analysis of both the explosion of technical innovation that happens in the United States after the Civil War and the reasons for it. Developments such as steel, railroads, the telephone, electric grids and lights, recorded sound, motion pictures, airplanes etc. create a modern industrial age and thrust the US to the forefront of the global economy for much of the 20th century. Abundant natural resources, a steady stream of immigrants, capitalism, and a system of patents and legally binding contracts all create a fertile environment for innovation and industrial expansion.
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| Thomas Alva Edison courtesy wikipedia.org |
Assignment: Read text 100-106.
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