UNIT #2 – INDUSTRIALIZATION LESSON #2 - New Inventions and Free Enterprise (94-95)

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UNIT #2 – INDUSTRIALIZATION LESSON #2 - New Inventions and Free Enterprise (94-95)

New Plan for Composition Book: NEW VOCABULARY Thomas Edison Menlo Park Alexander Graham Bell Laissez-Faire Free Enterprise System Entrepreneurs ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS 1.What was America’s role in the “second” industrial revolution? 2.What type of man was the typical entrepreneur in this time?

Intro to lesson What is an invention? Give examples. What’s the most amazing invention you’ve ever seen? What’s the most amazing invention you know exists, but you’ve never seen? What SHOULD be invented?

Intro to lesson What is an invention? Give examples. What’s the most amazing invention you’ve ever seen? What’s the most amazing invention you know exists, but you’ve never seen? What SHOULD be invented, that nobody’s yet done successfully?

Start of Industrial Revolution (England, 1750) Most people were living on farms Life was hard, but families were close Population explosion in late 1700s led to: – Lots of people willing to work for cheap Too many people on farms to sustain population People moved to cities, for new opportunity – Lots of people needing products From this, the Industrial Revolution was born 3m

The “second” Industrial Revolution Immigration and births after Civil War American industry EXPLODED Great men with great minds and great ideas appeared They were usually born poor But saw opportunity Worked hard Demanded excellence And became self made millionaires Powerful… rich men Others invented amazing new inventions… (in USA)

Inventors of America Thomas Edison – “The Wizard of Menlo Park” (NJ Research facility – Famous from invention of phonograph (1877) – And lightbulb (1879) Alexander Graham Bell – Experimented with transmitting sound – Invented the telephone (1876)

Other big American inventions In Menlo Park – Battery – Motion picture Cyrus Field – Trans-Atlantic cable (1866) George Westinghouse (Wm Tesla) – Alternating Current (safe electricity) Thaddeus Lowe – Ice machine (1865) Home inventions – Dishwasher, washing machine, power sewing machine What did these other men invent? (find out on p. 94)

Free Enterprise Early business owners worked hard to get rich They resented any government interference – LASSEZ-FAIRE – Government should keep hands OFF business – Believed competition would regulate price – Believed this way promoted wealth for all

Free Enterprise People willing to risk their $$ to make it rich were called ENTREPRENEURS USA became one of biggest trade centers in the world during and after Civil War

Are YOU willing to make such an investment in yourself… … and your future? 1:30-8:30 Rockefeller Vanderbilt Carnegie

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