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How was the Second Industrial Revolution similar to and different from the First Industrial Revolution?
1st Industrial Revolution
1st Industrial Revolution
Major Industry: Textiles
Steam power
Telegraph
Railroads develop
Similarities
Similarities
Factories
Machines
Inventions
New technologies
New forms of communication
2nd Industrial Revolution
2nd Industrial Revolution
Major Industries: Steel & Oil
Electricity
Light bulb
Corporations
Telephone
Transcontinental railroads
What were the social polictical economical cuases of the second industrial revolution?
How did the development of new technologies and Industries in the late 19th century affect the US economy?
Steel Industry
Henry Bessemer
Bessemer Process - when air is blown into a hot pig iron which removes impurities of steel
Impact reduces cost of steel by 80 percent
Oil Industry
Oil came from whales
E.D. builds oil well
Refinements in oil leads to Kerosene - motor, electricity, engine, combustion
Railroad Industry
Henry Flagger
Florida East Coast Railroad company
Who were some of the significant inventors of the Second Industrial Revolution?
Alexander Graham Bell - Telephone
Communication over long distance, replaces morse code
Thomas Edison - Electric light bulb; electric motor
Can have light anywhere for longer time
Josephine Cochran - Automatic dishwasher
Elijah McCoy - Improvements to steam engines
Able to run more effectively
Madam C. J. Walker - Hair care and cosmetic products for African American women
Helped reduce scalp diseases
Garret Morgan - Safety hood for ventilation; traffic signals
Helps firefighters put out fires faster not breathe smoke
Reduces car accidents
Factors
Abundance of natural resources
Population Growth
Laissez Faire Capitalism
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