Historia22.1

History Ch 22.1
The Growth of Industrial Prosperity
­New 1. 2.
3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9.
Products & New Patterns
1870­1914 steel to iron, new way to shape steel
electricity used as a form of energythat can b used for light, heat, & motion, electricity moved through wire
Michael Faraday(Brit Scientist)­ produced 1st electric generator(1831)­ but not til 1870s 1st generator of electricalcurrent
1910­hydroelectric power station & coal­fired steam­generating plants enabled homes & factories in entire areas 2 b tied into a single source of power
creation of light bulb by Thomas Edison,Joseph Swan put it in homes, Alexander Graham Bell invented telephone(1876), Guglielmo Marconi(1901)­ radio, (1880)streetcars & subways
factories, conveyor belts, cranes, & machine can b powered byelectricity, can run 24 hr internal combustion engine created­ led to ocean liners, planes, automobiles
increased wages for workers after 1870
bicycles, clocks, sewing machines, electrical lights, &typewrites bought in great quantities
10. 2nd Industrial Rev
a. factories became larger
i. interchangeable part led to assembly line for production(1st used 4 weapon)
b. not all benefited from rev.i. (1870­1914)­ Germany took Brit’s place in industrial leader
ii. 2 economic Zones
1. Brit, Belgium, France, Netherlands, & Germany, western part of Austro­Hungarian Empire, & northern Italy
a.high standard of living, decent systems of transportation, relatively healthy, & educated ppl
2. southern Italy, Spain, Portugal, most of Austro­Hungarian Empire, & Russia
a. provided food & rawmaterial 4 industrial countries
­Toward a World Economy
1. 1900 Europeans receiving beef & wool from Argentina & Australia, Coffee from Brazil,
iron ore from Algeria, sugar from Java
2. Europeansinvested in railways, mines, electrical power plants, & banks
3. Foreign countries provided markets 4 manufactured goods
­Organizing the Working Classes
1. capitalist factory owner free to hire workers...