Economic Opportunities Paper
Leslee Reaves
August 5, 2012
HIS/120CA
Zachery Lenz

Introduction
Industrialization, urbanization, and immigration played a huge role in society during the nineteenth century. The major businesses were the railroad system. The railroads helped in the transportation of iron, steel, and oil. The production of the railroads, iron, steel, and oil helped in the economy by producing jobs for Americans and immigrants.
Economy
Economy in the United States was booming during this period. Especially, in the business of iron, steel, and oil. Many immigrants came into the United States in search of economic opportunity and social equality. Wages were relatively cheap opposed to American standards; although they were still high in comparison to other nation’s income. I would inform them that the industrial growth also profited from new forms of corporate organization capable of amassing much larger amounts of capital than in the past and, eventually, of managing much vaster enterprises than earlier industrial leaders could have done.
Industrialization & Urbanization Industrialization changed the physical landscape of the nation. Industrialization also changed America’s relationship with the rest of the world due to the mass production of iron, steel, and oil. It has drawn attention from the United States more and more into the global trade and finance and into search for overseas markets and foreign suppliers of needed materials. Many factors contributed to the growth of American industry. Railroads and urban construction was the revolutionizing of iron and steel production. Steel was widely spread in the industrial business. There was even a closer relationship between the emerging steel companies and the railroads. However, steel came about because iron was a little too weak for entrepreneurs so metal was made as something stronger;