Rise of Industry & Monopolies

Essential Questions:

1) What were the main three causes of industrial growth in America?
----- There were three main causes of industrial growth in America. Among the three were natural resources. Natural resources played a major part in the growth of industry because in order to start a business they must have the product. The products they were willing to buy out were things such as: coal, iron, gold and steel. Another cause was the governments support for business. They gave money, to make money. The last cause was the growing labor population. This was when immigrants started moving in to the city.

2) Trusts and monopolies during America's early industrial age created. .. .
----- Trusts and monopolies during America's early industrial age created many outcomes. If it were not for the wealthy monopolist such as: Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller and J.P.Morgan, we probably wouldn't have the things we have today. Although these entrepenours were ignorant to the fact that social darwinism was a fib, they did become philantripists and contribute a lot. Because of these men, railroads and the well known Brooklyn bridge was created.