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The Industrial Revolution Spreads

The Industrial Revolution Spreads. Chapter 6 Section 1. The 2 nd Industrial Revolution. What might be the difference between the 1 st and 2 nd industrial revolutions? Discuss with your neighbor . 1 st and 2 nd Industrial Revolutions .

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The Industrial Revolution Spreads

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  1. The Industrial Revolution Spreads Chapter 6 Section 1

  2. The 2nd Industrial Revolution • What might be the difference between the 1st and 2nd industrial revolutions? • Discuss with your neighbor

  3. 1st and 2nd Industrial Revolutions • 1st Industrial Revolution= That which happened in Great Britain • 2nd Industrial Revolution=Global influence and big companies • Mid-1800s • Huge companies • Business organization changed • Economies change

  4. Britain • Didn’t want to share booming industry • High price on invention exports • Belgium 2nd after Britain in Industrial Revolution • Created spinning and weaving machines • Others began challenging Great Britain

  5. Other nations • U.S., Germany, France • More supplies abundant • Coal • Iron • Other resources • Learned from Britain’s mistakes • Germany • Became Europe’s leading industrial power in a few decades

  6. United States • Even bigger than Germany in the Western Hemisphere • 1900, U.S. manufacturing 30 percent of world’s industrial goods

  7. Other Nations Stumble • Why might other nations stumble? • Discuss with neighbor

  8. Other Nations Stumble • Why might other nations stumble? • Eastern Europe • Less natural resources • Less capital to invest • Social and political conditions slowed economy • Japan industrialized very quickly

  9. Effects of Industrialization • Rapid urbanization • Long hours for men, women and children • Extremely dangerous conditions • Factory system = huge amount of goods • Lower prices • More people to afford

  10. Inventions • Henry Bessemer • 1856, new process for making steel from iron • Lighter, harder, durable • Cheap • Tools, bridges, railroads • 1910, Countries measured success by steel output

  11. Inventions • Chemistry • Asprin • Perfumes • Soap • Fertilizers • Dynamite

  12. Inventions • Electric power • Replaced steam • 1800 battery developed • Electric motor • Electricity generators • Thomas Edison • Electric lightbulb

  13. Inventions • Factories • Interchangeable parts • Assembly line • Production=faster and cheaper

  14. Transportation • Make a HUGE list of things that keep you in motion • Discuss with your neighbor and write in your notes

  15. Transportation

  16. Transportation • Planes • Trains • Automobiles • Other things • Telegraph

  17. Huge Business • Stocks became available • Shares of a company for investment • Corporations • Monopolies • Think of the game monopoly. What is the key to the game? • Discuss with your neighbor

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