Second Industrial Revolution

a cheap and efficient process for making steel; developed during the 1850s and eventually brought to the US

• monopoly

• stock

• Bessemer Process

• network

How did Alexander Graham Bell revolutionize communications?

• He invented the telephone.
• He invented the hearing aid.
• He invented the grain mill.
• He invented the television.

Steel was lighter, harder and more durable than iron​

• True

• False

Who was Thomas Edison?

• Created the first electric light bulb in 1870's

• Created the first simple electric motor and first dynamo, Dynamos are still used to produce electricity today

• invented a gasoline-powered internal combustion engine,

• Inherited a steel making business and bought up coal and iron mines. Also, he bought shipping lines that fed his steel business.

Mass production led to:

• Products being more superior in quality

• goods became less expensive

• laborers received higher wages

• industries moved to rural areas

Orville and Wilbur Wright designed...

• The lightbulb

• Dynamite

• The airplane

• The telegraph

Who invented the radio?

• Alfred Nobel

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Guglielmo Marconi

• Samuel F.B. Morse

Which of the following had the greatest impact on transportation during the second Industrial Revolution?

• the dynamo

• the steam engine

• the internal combustion engine

• the Bessemer process

Why did some workers organize unions?

• to help women get factory jobs

• to reduce work stoppages

• to improve their working conditions

• to support large corporations

Identify two major effects of new technology on business during the Industrial Revolution.

• Production became faster and less expensive.

• Workers made more money and worked fewer hours.

• The streets were less traveled and cleaner.

• Fewer goods were manufactured and sold.