Unit 1: Industrialization, Immigration & The Progressive Movement



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The 2nd IR was __________________________________________________________________________________
Learning Goal 1: I will be able to:
-Define Second Industrial Revolution
-Define Bessemer Process and list 5 reasons why the Bessemer Process was so important.
-List six new inventions or innovations that came about during the Second Industrial Revolution
-Identify and explain the importance of Henry Bessemer, Edwin Drake, Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, Alexander Graham Bell, Henry Ford and the Wright Brothers
-List some modern day inventions that changed the world similar to those during the 2nd Industrial Revolution




Steel

Railroads

Oil

Electric

Communication

Cars

Airplanes

Year of Invention or Major Change (explain)

1870-79

Bessemer process made easier and cheaper way to make steel



1870-1879

Cheaper to build RR

Elegant passenger cars and refrigerated shipping cars

















Inventor or Business Pioneer

-Henry Bessemer

-Henry Bessemer
















Changes to American Culture or Economy

-77,000 tons in 1870, over 1 million tons by 1879

-Steel cheaper to make, so prices down

-More bridges and tall buildings


-increased western growth, RR industries employed more people

 

-created MANY new jobs


















Match the man with the invention/innovation



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