[Fall Asleep to History – 4 Hours] The Rise of Industrial America After the Civil War

Описание: 0:00 Chapter 1: Post‑Civil War Foundations
9:30 Chapter 2: Railroad Expansion and National Connectivity
17:20 Chapter 3: The Steel Revolution
25:00 Chapter 4: Oil Boom and Energy Shifts
32:55 Chapter 5: Electricity’s Dawn
41:20 Chapter 6: Chemical Innovations
48:52 Chapter 7: Interchangeable Parts and Mass Production
56:31 Chapter 8: Rise of Big Business
1:04:07 Chapter 9: Key Tycoons and Their Empires
1:11:14 Chapter 10: Immigration Waves from Europe
1:18:50 Chapter 11: The Great Migration of African Americans
1:25:24 Chapter 12: Urbanisation’s Rapid Growth
1:33:14 Chapter 13: Tenement Life and Urban Challenges
1:41:13 Chapter 14: Labour Conditions in Factories
1:47:15 Chapter 15: Women’s Roles in the Workforce
1:54:12 Chapter 16: Child Labour Exploitation
2:00:27 Chapter 17: Emergence of Labour Unions
2:08:21 Chapter 18: Major Strikes and Conflicts
2:16:05 Chapter 19: Technological Advancements in Communication
2:24:23 Chapter 20: Automobile’s Early Emergence
2:31:46 Chapter 21: Agricultural Mechanisation
2:37:26 Chapter 22: Food Processing Innovations
2:43:05 Chapter 23: Consumer Culture’s Birth
2:49:32 Chapter 24: Political Economy and Populism
2:55:50 Chapter 25: Government Policies and Tariffs
3:02:15 Chapter 26: Antitrust Laws and Regulations
3:08:14 Chapter 27: Progressive Era Beginnings
3:15:07 Chapter 28: Social Darwinism and Ideologies
3:21:08 Chapter 29: Literary Realism and Critiques
3:27:32 Chapter 30: Education and Literacy Expansion
3:34:03 Chapter 31: Entertainment and Leisure Evolutions
3:40:45 Chapter 32: Environmental Impacts of Industry
3:47:15 Chapter 33: Native American Displacement
3:53:12 Chapter 34: Household Technology Transformations
3:59:36 Chapter 35: Missionary and Cultural Exports
4:05:49 Chapter 36: Imperial Ambitions Awaken
4:12:04 Chapter 37: The Spanish‑American War
4:18:25 Chapter 38: Overseas Territories and Challenges
4:25:13 Chapter 39: Legacy of Industrial Growth
4:31:49 Chapter 40: Unresolved Tensions and Future Echoes

Step into the quiet transformation that reshaped the modern world.
This long-form history documentary explores how the United States entered the Second Industrial Revolution between 1870 and 1910, following the end of the Civil War and the beginning of rapid industrial growth. Told in a calm, reflective, bedtime-friendly style, this video is designed to help you relax, learn, and gently drift into sleep while discovering one of the most important periods in American history.
Across several immersive chapters, you’ll journey through the forces that turned a war-torn nation into the world’s leading industrial power. The story moves slowly and thoughtfully, focusing not only on machines and markets, but on the human lives shaped by industrial change.

You’ll explore the expansion of railroads and how they connected distant regions into a single national economy. You’ll see how steel, driven by innovations like the Bessemer process, reshaped cities, bridges, and skylines. The documentary traces the rise of oil and electricity, from kerosene lamps to electric streets, revealing how energy transformed daily life, work, and time itself.

Beyond technology, this documentary looks closely at society. It follows the growth of big business and corporate empires, the lives of influential industrial tycoons, and the financial instability that accompanied rapid expansion. It also tells the quieter stories of immigrants, factory workers, and families adapting to urban life, tenement housing, dangerous labor conditions, and deepening inequality.

This is not a fast-paced overview or a lecture. It’s a slow, narrative history experience, meant to be listened to in the background, during rest, study, or sleep. There are no sudden jumps or loud moments, just steady storytelling that balances progress with its costs, optimism with struggle, and innovation with human consequence.

If you enjoy calm documentaries, bedtime history, or long videos that help you unwind while learning something meaningful, this film is made for you.
Put on your headphones, lower the lights, and let the story of industrial America unfold.

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