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Section 1-1 New sources of energy and consumer products transformed the standard of living for all social classes in many European countries.  The Growth of Industrial Prosperity

Section 1-7 The Second Industrial Revolution Steel, chemicals, electricity, and oil were the new industrial frontiers. (pages 615–618) steel replaced iron.  lighter, smaller, and faster machines, engines, railroads Great Britain, France, Belgium, and Germany were producing 32 million tons of steel a year.

Section 1-9 The Second Industrial Revolution electricity – new form of energy that was convertible into heat, light, or motion.  By 1910 hydroelectric power stations and coal- fired steam generating plants allowed houses and factories to have a single, common power source. (pages 615–618)

Section 1-11 The Second Industrial Revolution Electricity completely changed life in the 19th century world streetcars and subways powered by electricity  With electric lights factories never had to stop production.  (pages 615–618)

Section 1-10 The Second Industrial Revolution Electricity gave birth to many inventions, such as the light bulb invented by Thomas Edison in the United States and Joseph Swan in Great Britain. 

Section 1-10 The Second Industrial Revolution Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone (1876) Bell’s First Telephone

Section 1-10 The Second Industrial Revolution … and Guglielmo Marconi sent the first radio waves across the Atlantic (1901).

Section 1-11 The Second Industrial Revolution internal- combustion engine new power source for transportation and new kinds of transportation: ocean liners, airplanes, and the automobile. (pages 615–618)

Section 1-12 The Second Industrial Revolution Increased sales of manufactured goods caused industrial production to grow.  Wages increased after  Reduced transportation costs caused prices to fall.  Urban department stores put many consumer goods up for sale. (pages 615–618)

Section 1-13 The Second Industrial Revolution Some European countries did not benefit from the Second Industrial Revolution.  Spain, Portugal, Russia, Austria- Hungary, the Balkans, and southern Italy were agricultural and much less wealthy.  They provided the industrialized nations with food and raw materials. (pages 615–618)