Comparing the First and Second Industrial Revolution

Spurred growth of cities

• First Industrial Revolution

• Second Industrial Revolution

Gas is used as a source of producing light for homes and businesses

• First

• Second

called the "Technological Revolution"

• First Industrial Revolution

• Second Industrial Revolution

Rise of corporations "big business"

• First Industrial Revolution

• Second Industrial Revolution

Transportation was steam locomotives, railways, and steamships

• First Industrial Revolution

• Second Industrial Revolution

Captains of Industry revolutionize business practices

• First Industrial Revolution

• Second Industrial Revolution

Most production is done in factories

• First Industrial Revolution

• Second Industrial Revolution

Growth of telegraph lines across America

• First Industrial Revolution

• Second Industrial Revolution

Growth of the railroad networks across the country (Transcontinental Railroad)

• First Industrial Revolution

• Second Industrial Revolution

the use of the power loom (to make cloth) and cotton gin (to harvest cotton)

• First Industrial Revolution

• Second Industrial Revolution