Discuss the Major Factors That Promoted the Development of Industrialization in the United States During the Late Nineteenth Century.

The United States undergone major transformation during the nineteenth century, specifically following the decades after the Civil War. The Civil War advanced the finance system by forcing the introduction of a national currency and sparked industrialization. Massive contracts to arms and clothing manufacturers helped further industrialization. The Civil War also boosted the telegraph, which improved communication and began the transcontinental railway (the Pacific Railway Act of 1862.) Geography, demography, and law all contributed to America’s economic growth. The United States had all the natural resources necessary for it to industrialize. America’s population grew from 40 million in 1870 to 76 million in 1900 and a third of the population comprised of immigrants. Many of these immigrants flocked to the cites as the US was shifting from being an agraian rural nation to being an industrial urban nation. In 1880 a majority of the workforce worked in non-farming jobs and by 1890 two thirds of Americans worked for wages rather than farming or owning their own businesses. Further, by 1913 the United States produced one third of the world’s total industrial output. Some of the major cities of the time included New York, Chicago, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh. A few important people residing in these cities were gentlemen such as Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, Leland Stanford and John D. Rockefeller. The Constitution and its commerce clause made the US a single area of commerce. Also, the Constitution protected patents, which encourage invention and innovation. The American government aided economic growth by putting up high tariffs, (specifically on steel.) They gave massive land grants to railroads and put Native Americans on reservations. Railroads were one of the keys to America’s nineteenth century industrial success. Railroads increased commerce and integrated the American market, allowing national brands to emerge. Railroads were also the first modern...