Name one new source of energy during this time
electricity, petroleum, oil, etc....
What year did the second industrial revolution start?
1870
What was the name of the first mass-produced automobile?
Ford Model-T
a method of work organization that used science to determine the most efficient ways of work
Taylorism
Who created the idea of assembly lines in factories?
Henry Ford
Name the 2 wheeled device that became popular in the 1890´s
bicycle
How did steel manufacturing allow railroads to spread and become more popular?
steel rails were much more durable than iron and allowed bigger trains and more traffic, etc
What country was Henry Ford from?
America
Who invented the first telephone?
Meucci
Explain what an assembly line is
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Name an industry that got larger, or began during the revolution
chemicals, textiles, electrical, steel/iron, etc
A method of transmitting information without wires, invented in the 1890s
Radio
Why was electrification important?
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Explain what a MONOPOLY is
When one entity has exclusive control over the supply of a trade/product in an industry and the reason for this is because of the lack of state government intervention.
What did Orville and Wilbur Wright invent?
airplane