The Industrial Revolution Unit 6

Inventors & Inventions

Railroads George Stephenson invented the Steam Locomotive “The Rocket” in 1829 Increased demand for travel across the United States and created jobs for immigrants!

Steamboat Robert Fulton invented the steamboat Developed the first commercially successful one!

Cotton Gin Invented by Eli Whitney Increased the amount of cotton produced Increased materials put out by factories, such as textiles and other clothing products

Reaper Invented by Cyrus McCormick and his slave Jo Anderson Farmers could now produce more grains in a faster amount of time (higher supply and cheaper cost!)

Automobile Henry Ford (founder of the Ford Motor Company) made automobiles afFORDable for all! Model T was the first car that was mass produced (all were made alike)

Airplane The Wright brothers Built an airplane and were first in flight Jockey’s Ridge, Outer Banks, North Carolina

Telegraph Invented by Samuel Morse Allowed ideas to spread faster

Telephone Provided faster communication and spread of ideas Created by Alexander Graham Bell Later established the Bell Telephone Company

Interchangeable Parts revolutionized the manufacturing industry Developed by Eli Whitney

Small Pox and Rabies Vaccines Smallpox—Edward Jenner Rabies—Louis Pasteur

Television There have been many engineers and inventors of the television over many decades Earliest in 1926

Assembly line Created by Henry Ford Brought affordable cars to Americans Allowed for even faster production

Rockefeller Leader of the oil industry Oil Tycoon

JP Morgan American financial leader during the Industrial Revolution

Thomas Edison Created the light bulb Used electricity as a source of power and light

Bessemer Created a process that made it easier to turn iron into steel The Bessemer Process

Vanderbilt The American railroad tycoon

Carnegie The American steel tycoon!

Laissez-Faire Describes the economic policies of America in which the government did not interfere with business during the Industrial Revolution