The APUSH Chapter 24: Industry Comes of Age covers the rapid industrialization and economic growth in the United States from 1865-1900. This period saw massive railroad expansion, technological innovations, the rise of big business and trusts, and the beginnings of the labor movement.
Key developments include:
- Transcontinental railroad completion in 1869
- Steel industry growth led by Andrew Carnegie
- Oil industry domination by John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil
- Inventions like the telephone and electric light
- Formation of massive corporations and trusts
- Early attempts at government regulation of business
- Emergence of organized labor unions