1. Innovations Change Things Up
How did innovations change society and business during the Industrial Revolution?

2. Industrial Revolution
What was it?
Switch to machine made products
Began in England but spreads around the world
US will start with industrializing the textile industry
After the Civil War, industrialization will boom throughout the US due to new innovations

4. New Ways to Communicate
Telegraph
Morse Code – send messages over long distances
Transatlantic Telegraph
Messages now sent quickly between the US and Europe
Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
Call someone and talk – don’t have to use code

5. New forms of Transportation
Transcontinental Railroad
Finally connects Eastern US to Western US
Connects markets of the East and West
Automobiles
Invented in Europe but really expensive
Henry Ford – makes an affordable car
Airplanes
Wright Brothers invent the flying machine

6. Making Work Easier? Electricity Light Bulb Bessemer Process
Allowed factories to run more efficiently
Supplied power to cities
Light Bulb
Thomas Edison
Brought light around the clock to people and factories
Bessemer Process
Created steel cheaply and allowed mass production of steel
Train tracks, taller buildings, bridges, etc

7. Making Work Easier? Assembly Line Interchangeable Parts
Workers would stand in a line and have one job to do
Product would move down the line until it was complete
Ex – one person attaches the wheels to a car
Interchangeable Parts
Parts were made for the same type of product – no longer has to be specific to just one item
Ex – wheels made for car A will also work on car B and car C

8. Henry Ford!
Uses both the assembly line and interchangeable parts to make his Model T car
These two innovations allow goods to be made in large quantities quickly and makes products cheaper
Model T is affordable to most working class adults

9. Henry Ford
Henry Ford made sure his employees could afford one of his cars
It was faster than a horse and could travel more than the average 10 miles of a horse drawn buggy

10. Foldable Inside Outside: Describe the purpose of that invention
Who invented it
Why was it significant (how did it change society in the US)
Outside:
Pick 4 inventions you think were the most significant
Draw a picture to represent that invention