Important People
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
When did Elias Howe first patent the sewing machine?
1846
What enabled the increase of the nations steel output by 500 times?
Bessemer steel process
What do you call a machine that produces electric current?
A generator
How did the steel industry invention contribute to society?
Cheaper steel was critical to expanding railroads
Thomas Edison is most well known for inventing what advancement with electricity?
The light bulb (Practical electric lighting)
When did 14 million people immigrate to the United States causing the U.S population a growth from 31.5 to 76 million?
Between 1860 and 1900
What invention did Elias Howe introduce to improve American life?
Sewing machine
What does an inventor have to get to have the exclusive right to make and sell his or her invention for a specific number of years?
A patent
How did the electric power industry inventions contribute to business growth?
Electricity delivery to buildings and electric light bulbs
Edwin Drake found this substance while visiting a site launching a this new industry.
Oil
During this time, steamboats, canals, and railroads made it possible to ship long distances quickly.
In the early 1800s
What are the benefits of steel replacing iron?
Steel is stronger and more durable than iron. Stainless steel invented in 1900 has the additional benefit of not rusting.
What is a business cycle?
The pattern of good and bad times in an industry.
How did the invention of telephones benefit society?
Telephones allowed communication and created new jobs with switch board operators.
This was one of the people who invented a new process for making steel that used one-seventh of the coal the older process used. This process is now named after him.
Henry Bessemer
During this time the nations steel output increased 500 times and the industry began to make many products out of steel instead of iron.
1867-1900s
What encouraged the industrial revolution growth?
Growing population, improved transportation, immigration, inventions, investment and natural resources
This process is a new way of making steel
Bessemer steel process
What did the type writer and sewing machine do for women?
They created new industries with new job opportunities
This was one of the people who worked on a new process for steel however, they are not the one the new manufacturing technique is named after.
William Kelly
When did Samuel Morse develop the telegraph?
1835
What was the influence of the business cycles on industry growth?
Despite multiple depressions, industries grew tremendously.
What is petroleum?
An oily liquid that can make kerosene cheaply that seeps from underground to the surface.
In addition to innovation what improvements to inventions helped industry advance?
Improvements in telephone, telegraph, motor and engine.