Factory workers were no longer living on farms and needed a stable food supply.

Canned foods were easier to transport with the invention of the steam engine.

The mechanical "canner" made it easier to preserve foods without using salt.

Selling canned foods was an easy way for farmers to double their income.

Canned foods were necessary to feed American soldiers in the war.

Investment in social infrastructure

Technological breakthroughs

Expansion of the secondary sector

Increased urbanization

Focus on textile production

Investment in social infrastructure

Technological breakthroughs

Expansion of the secondary sector

Increased urbanization

Focus on textile production

Factory workers were no longer living on farms and needed a stable food supply.

Canned foods were easier to transport with the invention of the steam engine.

The mechanical "canner" made it easier to preserve foods without using salt.

Selling canned foods was an easy way for farmers to double their income.

Canned foods were necessary to feed American soldiers in the war.

Henry Ford

James Carnegie

William Rockefeller

Robert Fulton

Alexander Graham Bell

Henry Ford

James Carnegie

William Rockefeller

Robert Fulton

Alexander Graham Bell

Deindustrializaiton is not included as a stage of Rostow's model.

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Deindustrializaiton is not included as a stage of Rostow's model.

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Fourth

Third

Second

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1860s

1910s

1930s

1940s

1890s

1860s

1910s

1930s

1940s