The Industrial Revolution Spreads
Download
Report
Transcript The Industrial Revolution Spreads
The Industrial Revolution Spreads
Chapter #6 - Section #1
The Second Phase of the
Industrial Revolution
The first phase of the Industrial Revolution had largely
been forged from iron, powered by steam engines, and
driven by the British textile industry.
By the mid-1800s, the Industrial Revolution entered a
second phase. New industrial powers emerged.
Factories powered by electricity used innovative
processes to turn out new products.
Changes in business organization contributed to the rise
of giant companies.
As the 20th century dawned, the second Industrial
Revolution transformed the economies of the Western
world.
Technology sparks
Industrial Growth
By
the 1800s, the pace of change
quickened as companies hired
professional chemists, and engineers to
create new products and machinery.
The
union of science, technology, and
industry spurred economic growth.
Henry Bessemer
steel making process
Michael Faraday and
Thomas Edison
dynamo
light bulb
Assembly Line
Workers on an assembly line add parts to a product
that moves along a belt from one work station to the
next.
The Modern Office
Automobiles and Airplanes
The Second Industrial Revolution
New Powers
p. 196-198
1.
2.
3.
Technology/Busi Transportation/
ness
Communication
Pg. 198/
Pg. 200
1.
1.
2.
2.
3.
3.
Pg. 201
1.
2.
3.