Life in the Industrial Age The Industrial Revolution Spreads
Spread of the Industrial Revolution Started in Britain Laws limiting the emigration of inventors helped Britain maintain it lead Eventually Belgium, Germany, France, and the United States copied British technology France, Germany, and the United States industrialized quickly because of their natural resources Japan, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand also industrialized
Limits to the Spread Southern Europe lacked natural resources Eastern Europe was slowed by its social and political conditions
Using Chapter 22 Section 1 identify each of the following: 2 Innovations in Production 3 Chemical Inventions 2 Innovations in Electricity 4 Inventions in Transportation 3 Communication Inventions 4 Innovations in Business
New Inventions
Innovations in Production Interchangeable Parts Assembly Line Steel – Henry Bessemer
Chemical Inventions Aspirin Margarine Dynamite – Alfred Noble
Innovations with Electricity Battery – Alessandro Volta Light Bulb – Thomas Edison
Transportation Inventions Railroad Expansion Gasoline Powered Internal Combustion Engine – Nikolaus Otto Automobile – Gottlieb Daimler Airplane – Orville and Wilbur Wright
Communication Inventions Telegraph – Samuel Morse Telephone – Alexander Graham Bell Radio – Guglielmo Marconi
Innovations in Business Corporation Monopoly Trust Cartel
Innovations in Business Corporation – business owned by many people (stock holders) Monopoly – one company that controlled an entire industry Trust – a group of companies that work together to reduce competition and control prices Cartel – a loosely organized group of companies that fix prices, set quotas and divide up the market
Questions to answer How did science help industry expand? Give 3 examples How did the need for capital lead to new ways of organizing business? Which 3 technological advances discussed do you think were the most important? Explain