1. Causes of the Industrial Revolution

2. What started the Industrial Revolution? Remind me: natural resources, labor, markets Started where? Great Britain The second Industrial revolution was triggered by natural resources (coal) innovation (steel) and people (immigrants) and was started in America

3. Causes of the Industrial Revolution INDUSTRIALIZATION

4. Cause #1: Abundant Natural Resources 1. Which resources played important roles in industrialization? 2. How did Edwin L. Drake help industry to get larger quantities of oil? 3. How did the Bessemer process improve the process of making steel? 4. What new uses for steel were developed at this time? Oil, coal, iron ore, and water. He began using steam engines to drill and pump oil out of the ground. It was a cheaper and faster way to make steel. Railroads, barbed wire, farming machines, bridges, and skyscrapers.

5. What effect could increase trade have on this area? Why is trade prevalent here?

6. Take a moment to stoll the class room and creating a heading for at least 4 of the inventions on the wall. Patent was created- what is patent? https://consumeraffairs.global.ssl.fastly.net/files/logos/inventhelp_logo_2322.pn

13. Cause #2: Inventions and Innovations 5. How did Thomas Alva Edison contribute to this development? 6. How did George Westinghouse contribute to this development? 7. How did Christopher Sholes contribute to this development? 8. How did Alexander Graham Bell contribute to this development? Invented the light bulb, which allowed people to work day and night. Made electricity more affordable which led to time- saving appliances and allowed factories to be built anywhere. Invented the typewriter, which changed office work and opened up jobs for women. Invented the telephone, which changed communication and opened up jobs for women.

14. Cause #3: Growing Urban Population With so many people moving to the cities, it meant that there were lots of consumers for the new inventions and industrial goods. Also, all the people in the cities provided labor. These people worked at the factories that produced the new inventions and industrial goods.

15. Causes of the Industrial Revolution Industrialization natural resources inventions & innovations growing cities