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1 Bell Ringer Capitalism We Rule You What groups of people does each tier in the pyramid represent? What is the responsibility of each of those groups? What system is this advocating? Criticizing? We Fool You We Shoot At You We Work For All We Feed All

2 Coming Soon! Who: You What: Quiz on the Industrial Revolution Where: Here When: Next class Why: To assess learning

3 Second Industrial Revolution
EQ: What technological advancements were made during the Second Industrial Revolution?

4 New Industrial Powers By the mid-1800s, other nations had joined the race, and several newcomers were challenging Britain’s industrial supremacy. Belgium became the first European nation outside Britain to industrialize. The U.S. and Germany became the world’s industrial powers by 1900. Japan industrialized rapidly after 1868. Canada, New Zealand, and Australia built thriving industries. Eastern and southern Europe industrialized more slowly. These nations lacked natural resources or the capital to invest.

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6 Technology and Industry
Mass Production – production of goods in quantity usually by machinery Aided by the use of interchangeable parts and the assembly line

7 Technology and Industry
Steel Bessemer process developed stronger steel -> became major building material in Ind. Rev. Chemicals Chemists created hundreds of new products. New chemical fertilizers led to increased food production. Alfred Nobel invented dynamite

8 Technology and Industry
Electricity Thomas Edison patented the first light bulb. Nikola Tesla developed the AC system of electricity still used today.

9 Advances in Transportation and Communication
During the second Industrial Revolution, transportation and communication were transformed by technology. Transportation Steamships replaced sailing ships. Rail lines connected inland cities and seaports, mining regions and industrial centers. Nikolaus Otto invented a gasoline-powered internal combustion engine. Karl Benz patented the first automobile. Henry Ford began mass producing cars. The Wright brothers designed and flew the first airplane.

10 Advances in Transportation and Communication
Samuel Morse developed the telegraph. Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone. Guglielmo Marconi invented the radio.

11 Population Explosion Between 1800 and 1900, the population of Europe more than doubled. This rapid growth was not due to larger families. Instead, population soared because the death rate fell. The drop in the death rate can be attributed to the following: People ate better. Medical knowledge increased. Public sanitation improved. Hygiene improved. Year Male Female years 42.8 years years 44.7 years years 48.5 years years 56.0 years

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13 Advances in Medicine Improved medicine and hygiene played a major role in increasing life expectancy in the industrialized world. Louis Pasteur proved germ theory, the link between microbes and disease, developed vaccines against rabies and anthrax, and discovered the process of pasteurization, the killing of disease-carrying microbes in milk.

14 Essential Question What technological advancements were made during the Second Industrial Revolution?

15 Twitter Assignment On a separate sheet of paper:
Create a twitter conversation between inventors in the second Industrial Revolution. Conversation must include: 3 inventors/inventions 3 or more (more is better) hashtags (1 per invention) A description of the inventions An explanation of the impact of the inventions Must use proper English


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