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* Phase of larger Industrial Revolution (19th century until World War 1)
* Also known as the Technological Revolution * Considered to have begun with Bessemer Steal in the 1860s * Mass Production and the Production Line |
Second Industrial Revolution
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A method for making steel by blasting compressed air through molten iron to burn out excess carbon + impurities (Mid 1850s invented)
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Bessemer Process
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* American Inventor + businessman
* Inventions: Phonograph, Incandescent Electric Light, Microphone, + Kinetoscope * He invented the philoment of the light bulb he invented |
Thomas Edison
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The exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
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Patents
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* Eminent Scientist
* Inventor * Engineer *Innovator * Created the first practical telephone (connected Great Britain and US) |
Alexander Graham Bell
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* United States manufacturer of automobiles who pioneered mass production (1863-1997)
* 1st to implement the moving assembly line |
Henry Ford
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* Two American brothers
* Inventors * Aviation pioneers |
Wilbur and Orville Wright
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One who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage)
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Muckrakers
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United states writer whose novels argued for social reform (1878-1968)
Muckraking Novelist |
Upton Sinclair
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the political orientation of those who favor progress toward better conditions in government and society
this came out of the industrial era |
Progressivism
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What was the Second Industrial Revolution? (Main Ideas)
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- Breakthrough in steel processing led to a boom in railroad construction
- Advances in the use of oil and electricity improved communication and transportation - A rush of inventions of changed American’s lives! |
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What was the Second Industrial Revolution? (The Big Idea)
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Led to new sources of power and advances in transportation and communication
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Progressive movement presidents (3)
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Theodore Roosevelt
William Taft Woodrow Wilson |
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What was the Big Business main ideas
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- The rise of corporations and powerful business leaders led to the dominance of big business in the United States
- People and the government began to question the methods of big business |
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What was the Big Business The Big Idea
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- The growth of big business in the late 1800’s led to the creation of monopolies
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What was the Industrial Workers main idea
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- The desire to maximize profits and become more efficient led to poor working conditions.
- Workers began to organize and demand improvements in working conditions and pay. - Labor strikes often turned violent and failed to accomplish their goals. |
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What was the Industrial Workers The Big Idea
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- Changes in the workplace led to a rise in labor unions and workers strike
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