1869 1st transcontinental railroad completed
the beginning of 2nd industrial revolution-the Gilded Age
competition between companies
effects on Industry
thousands of jobs
steelworkers, miners, railroad workers
opened the country to settlement and growth
Chicago
developed in the 1900s
most big industrial country
distinguished architectures
Electric telegraph, typewriter, cash register, linotype
1876 Alexander Graham Bell : telephone
1882 Thomas Edison : electric power plant--most significant invention in 2nd industrial revolution
integration
vertical integration
control all phases of production
horizontal integration
control all similar production