1. The Second Industrial Revolution 1850-1914 HWH UNIT 6 CHAPTER 9.1

2. Comparing the 1 st and 2 nd Industrial Revolution Britain Textiles, steam and iron Railroads 1750-1850 2 nd Industrial Revolution Germany Steel, chemicals, electricity, oil, consumer goods Automobiles 1850-1900

3. Steel Production The Bessemer Process (1850s)

4. Electricity Adapted for public use in 1881 (Britain)

5. Michael Faraday (1791-1867) Explored electromagnetism Led to the development of the generator, the telegraph, the electric motor, streetcars, and the electric light

6. Automobiles Internal Combustion Engine (1886) First Cars (late 1880s) Karl Benz Gottleib Daimler Mass production Henry Ford Economic implications Oil, rubber, steel Road construction

7. Communication Telegraph (!840s) Samuel Morse Radio (1890s) Guglielmo Marconi Telephone (1876) Alexander Graham Bell

8. New Business Practices Corporations Multiple investors buy stock More capital available for the corporation Monopolies Krupp (Germany) Rockefeller (USA) Cartels Organizations in the same industry fixing prices