Presentation is loading. Please wait.

Presentation is loading. Please wait.

The Industrial Revolution Spreads

Similar presentations


Presentation on theme: "The Industrial Revolution Spreads"— Presentation transcript:

1 The Industrial Revolution Spreads
Chapter 6 Section 1

2 The 2nd Industrial Revolution
What might be the difference between the 1st and 2nd industrial revolutions? Discuss with your neighbor

3 1st and 2nd Industrial Revolutions
1st Industrial Revolution= That which happened in Great Britain 2nd Industrial Revolution=Global influence and big companies Mid-1800s Huge companies Business organization changed Economies change

4 Britain Didn’t want to share booming industry
High price on invention exports Belgium 2nd after Britain in Industrial Revolution Created spinning and weaving machines Others began challenging Great Britain

5 Other nations U.S., Germany, France More supplies abundant Coal Iron
Other resources Learned from Britain’s mistakes Germany Became Europe’s leading industrial power in a few decades

6 United States Even bigger than Germany in the Western Hemisphere
1900, U.S. manufacturing 30 percent of world’s industrial goods

7 Other Nations Stumble Why might other nations stumble?
Discuss with neighbor

8 Other Nations Stumble Why might other nations stumble?
Eastern Europe Less natural resources Less capital to invest Social and political conditions slowed economy Japan industrialized very quickly

9 Effects of Industrialization
Rapid urbanization Long hours for men, women and children Extremely dangerous conditions Factory system = huge amount of goods Lower prices More people to afford

10 Inventions Henry Bessemer 1856, new process for making steel from iron
Lighter, harder, durable Cheap Tools, bridges, railroads 1910, Countries measured success by steel output

11 Inventions Chemistry Asprin Perfumes Soap Fertilizers Dynamite

12 Inventions Electric power Replaced steam 1800 battery developed
Electric motor Electricity generators Thomas Edison Electric ligh tbulb

13 Inventions Factories Interchangeable parts Assembly line
Production=faster and cheaper

14 Transportation Make a HUGE list of things that keep you in motion
Discuss with your neighbor and write in your notes

15 Transportation

16 Transportation Planes Trains Automobiles Other things Telegraph

17 Huge Business Stocks became available Corporations Monopolies
Shares of a company for investment Corporations Monopolies Think of the game monopoly. What is the key to the game? Discuss with your neighbor


Download ppt "The Industrial Revolution Spreads"

Similar presentations


Ads by Google