What were the three major factors that contributed to the immense technological boom that took place in the United States after the Civil War? Explain how two of these factors helped to bring about this technological boom.

The three major factors that contributed to the immense technological boom that took place in the United States after the Civil War was due to the wealth of natural resources, government support for business, and a growing urban population that both provided cheap labor and markets for new products. The wealth of natural resources helped bring about the technological boom because due to the factor that they were natural, they did not cost a great amount of money. Because they were natural, they did not have to go through long expensive processes to be made and they were brought about by the Earth. The natural rescources helped boost the technological boom that then boosted the economy. The government support for small business really helped the technological boom because regular people were able to invent technology that was used all through out the United States. Small Businesses really boomed as the technology grew because the ideas came from them. The small businesses provided the neccesities to make technology and they often had the brains to make the technology.