In my opinion, the US was well situated to have an
industrial revolution at this time because it was already a fairly advanced country but
it, at the same time, had a number of factors that were going to allow it to
grow.
The major factor that would allow growth was the fact
that there was all the territory in the West to be settled. This area was more open to
settlement after the Civil War because there were more railroads and because there were
no longer arguments over slavery that would make it harder to organize new territories
and states.
Along with the new territory, there were a
couple of relatively new technologies that would open the territory up. In particular,
railroads and telegraphs would play a huge role in making all of this area open to
settlement.
With all this new land, the US had access to
more resources than ever before. This would allow the country to experience an
industrial boom.
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