Valuable resources like steel, coal and oil attracted investors from industrialized nations such as Germany, France and Great Britain, who were looking for new investment opportunities in the United States. Iron and steel were vital to America’s industrialization as they were necessary to make tools, weapons and the railroads. Entrepreneurs from abroad invested their money in the training of skilled tradesmen like mechanics and engineers, with the hope that their expertise would eventually stimulate more proficient methods of mass production of consumer goods. As newer and more efficient production methods were introduced, machines replaced hand labor and workers were then able to produce goods at a much faster rate than before. Large manufacturing firms hired thousands of workers and would appoint each one a specified task in the production process.
From being the first to use iron in their weapons, uses different techniques for war, to using things for different purposes; Assyrians were the strongest of their time. The Assyrians had the most advanced weapons of their time. The Assyrians were the first to use iron in spears, swords, shields and armor. Against iron spears and swords, bronze shields were useless. Their arrows were tipped in iron, the strongest metal of the time.
Jeffrey Owens April 19, 2011 Geography, 100 Removing the Purple Mountain Majesties The use of Coal in America has become second nature to United States citizens, and American corporations. Coal is used for energy across the U.S., and is very important to the economy and the structure of our nation. Using coal for electricity has become as American as hot dogs and automobiles and while coal is very necessary and useful, some as destructive and controversial views some of the means by which the coal is recovered. Mountaintop removal has is one of these means of obtaining coal, and has sparked interest and outrage across America. Although the benefits of coal are numerous and extensive, Mountaintop removal is detrimental to the environment
Iron also was of military use in crafting armor, swords and spears. The textile industry, mainly the manufacture of silk was important because, it expanded
The Romans influenced such a vast area of the world for an extended amount of time due to their superior engineering skills. Aqueducts are one of their many inventions and arguably the greatest of their time and many years after. Before aqueduct technology, humans were restricted to build cities around natural water sources such as springs and rivers. These restricted cities grew crowded—not to mention also feculent and odious due to lack of a sewer system. Aqueducts enabled the Romans to grow in many different aspects including the size of their empires and their army.
They outnumbered them considerably in men and resources along with their far superior industrial evolution. As well they were much more united than the southern states and had more of a purpose or will to win in the pursuit to unionize all the states with their sense on nationalism. The American Civil War was one of the earliest true industrial wars. Railroads, the telegraph, steamships, and mass-produced weapons were employed extensively. With the large industrial evolution in the north it helped them to a great advantage.
They also used native copper, silver and gold for metalworking, in which they used very advanced methods. The period between 250 CE and 650 CE was a time of intense flourishing of Maya civilized accomplishments. While the many Mayans city-states never achieved political unity on the order of the central Mexican civilizations, they exerted a tremendous intellectual influence upon Mexico and Central America. The Mayans built some of the most elaborate cities on the continent, and made innovations in mathematics, astronomy, and calendrics. The Mayans also evolved the only true writing system native to the Americas using pictographs and syllabic elements in the form of texts and codices inscribed on stone, pottery, wood, or highly perishable books made from bark paper.
This revolution was a changing point for us in history because it almost affected all of the working habits that we do in our daily lives. It took place in the 1700s and also the early 1800s. The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain and it spread through the world quite quickly. The Industrial Revolution impacted American society economically when the invention of machines to do work of hand tools. These machines must’ve taken many jobs away because if they can do it, people aren’t needed anymore.
DBQ 12: The Industrial Revolution: Beginnings The Industrial Revolution started for many reasons. It was because of the resources and where they were located. Also, innovation and innovator made things and showed ideas, the people, and political and economic freedom played a part in it as well. England’s land was no farther then seventy miles away from sea in every direction. (doc 4) It was a good way for transportation of the goods and getting resources giving them.
There are 17 rare earth elements that are considered to be rear earth metals. They are Scandium and yttrium and the fifteen lanthanides. Scandium and yttrium are both transition metals and rare earth metals because they are usually found with the rare earth metal deposits. The rare earth elements contribute to technologies people rely on today. They make possible the high tech world we live in today.