Section 1: The Industrial Revolution Spreads – Flashcards
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Henry Bessemer
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British engineer who invented a way to make steel from iron
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Alfred Nobel
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Invented dynamite, which was used in both construction and warfare. He also created the Nobel Prize
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Michael Faraday
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English chemist who created the first electric motor and the first dynamo
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Dynamo
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A machine that generates electricity
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Thomas Edison
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American inventor who created the lightbulb
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Interchangeable Parts
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Identical components that can be used in place of one another
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Assembly Line
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Division of labor where each part of the process is assigned to a different worker
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Orville and Wilbur Wright
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American inventors who created the first airplane capable of flight
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Guglielmo Marconi
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Italian inventor who created the radio
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Stock
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Share in a company
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Coporation
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Business owned by many investors who buy shares of stock
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Cartel
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When a group of corporations join together to fix prices
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2. How did science, technology, and big business promote industrial growth
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All allowed industries to increase their efficiency and production, since it was easier to mass produce an item; caused industrialization to spread across the world
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3. How did the Industrial Revolution spread in the 1800s
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The Industrial Revolution started early 1800s with Britain then later Germany and the United States emerged as new industrial powers. These two countries had large supplies of coal, iron and other resources than Britain, which helped them become the new industrial leaders and they borrowed Britain's experts and technology.
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4. How did technology help industry expand
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It allowed industries to work longer and more effectively.
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5. How did the need for capital lead to new business organizations
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Because companies needed a lot of capital (money), they created stocks. Since so many investors bought stock, businesses formed corporations
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6. How might government change as a result of industrialization
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Governments may have to create new regulations for rapidly expanding corporations and/or factories
