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Innovation of the Steam Engine
As America began developing into an industrial country, innovations in technology had transformed the way people traveled, worked, and lived their lives. The steam engine innovated by James Watts had made transportation easier for those who lived far from their workplace. It has helped others save time in the day and be punctual. -
America Becomes Free of Britain's Economic Control
As relations between America and Britain weakened by the harsh economic policies of Britain's economic system, the Declaration of Independence was formed for America to be free away from Britain's control and to start industrial development. -
View of St. Louis
This painting was created by Leon Pomarede to illustrate how steam engines dramatically improved the lives of workers in terms of transportation. Steam engines had helped people save time during the day and become punctual. -
Stock Market Crash
The Stock Market Crash at the New York Stock Exchange signaled the start of the Great Depression that led many families into poverty. By 1932, the industrial production in America decreased by sixty-six percent and unemployment reached twenty-five percent. Although FDR's New Deal programs improved the conditions of the poor and unemployed, World War II ended the Great Depression. The main root of this cause was that the war industrial production increased in America and brought the economy up. -
The Steel Mill
This painting was created by Thomas Hart Benton to illustrate the harsh working conditions steel workers had to face when improvements in industrial production decreased the amount of workers needed to work in the mills. -
Forest of Flame
This painting was created by Harry Sternberg who painted this to illustrate the pollution that resulted from heavy industrial production in America. -
World War II
World War II brought an end to the Great Depression that eventually made America a world superpower with its increased industrial production.
