Industrial Ascendancy (6/10)

fter the war, the United States industrialized at extraordinary speed: steel, oil, rail networks, telegraphy, and mass manufacturing. Corporations scaled, finance concentrated, and cities expanded. American production capacity became strategic power—feeding domestic growth and enabling global influence. This era also produced labor unrest, monopolies, and regulatory battles that shaped the modern economy. The country’s identity began shifting from agrarian republic to industrial empire, where wealth, technology, and infrastructure became national signatures.
This card captures the transformation of America into a machine of scale.