Originally Posted By: Matter-eater Man
 Originally Posted By: thedoctor
Yeah, considering that the Industrial Revolution in the US didn't happen until after the Civil War, that's a bullshit response.


I was mistaken & admit to being wrong on that point. I thought I had read something to the contrary but I obviously messed up on the history.

you were half right, there was some industrialization in the U.S. before the Civil War, primarily in the northeast.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Revolution#United_States
after the Civil War, they made a sequel called:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Industrial_Revolution
(it was originally supposed to be called "Industrial Revolution II: Electric Boogaloo")

Bow ties are coool.