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The Second Industrial Revolution Begins Ch. 13 Section 1
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Review Improved methods of farming Population explosion Factories Industrial middle class and the Industrial working class Early Socialism Bismarck and nationalism (unification) Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism
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The New Revolution 1 st Industrial Revolution – marked by textiles, railroads, iron, coal, etc 2 nd Industrial Revolution – marked by steel, chemicals, electricity, petroleum and a changed factory system Electricity will be a new form of energy
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A New Kind of Factory Electricity made factories able to… Stay open 24 hours a day (light bulb) Make products faster – conveyor belts, cranes, and machines now all powered by electricity Assembly line – faster way of assembling products Worker only responsible for one component of production – Henry Ford Interchangeable parts – identical components that could be used in place of one another Allowed production to be faster & products could be easily repaired Eli Whitney
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Inventions and Inventors Telegraph – Samuel Morse Light bulb – Thomas Edison Telephone – Alexander Graham Bell Radio – Marconi Internal Combustion Engine - Otto Engine Powered Automobile – Daimler Airplane – Wright Brothers Battery – Volta Dynamite – Alfred Nobel Steel – Henry Bessemer
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Marx’s Theory Karl Marx – 1848 writes The Communist Manifesto – appalled at the horrible conditions in the factories Blamed industrial capitalism for these conditions Industrial capitalism – economic system based on industrial production Solution to these problems was a new social system
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Marxist Revolution? Marx b/l that world history was a history of class struggles B/w the haves and the have-nots Haves – are the rich who own the means of production They control the govt. Have-nots – are the poor who depend on the haves to survive Marx b/l the have-nots would rise up and overthrow the haves to create a classless society This revolution never happened
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Impact of Marx Socialism- a form of government where the government controls the factories & means of production in a country. Communism- idea that developed because of Marx which is a form of socialism. Communism is a society where there is no private ownership- all people are equal (however, all are also poor !) Govt. controls everything!!!
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