Factors
-Abundance of natural resources
-Population growth
-Lasissez faire capitalism
How was the second industrial revolution similar to and different from the first industrial revolution?
1st industrial revolution
-Major industry: textiles
-Steam power
-Telegraph
-Railroads develop
2nd industrial revolution
-Major industries: steel and oil
-Electricity
-Light bulb
-Corporations
-Telephone
-Transcontinental railroad
Both
-Factories
-Machines
-Inventions
-New technologies
-New forms of communication
Who were some of the significant inventors of the second industrial revolution?
-Alexander Graham Bell: Telephone
-Thomas Edison: Electric light bulb, electric motor
-Josephine Cochran: Automatic Dishwasher
-Elijah McCoy: Improvements to steam engines
-Madam C.J. Walker: Hair care and cosmetic products for African American women
-Garrett Morgan: Safety hood for ventilation; traffic signal