Industrialization

Industrialization (The Second Industrial Revolution

08 February 2021

The Second Industrial Revolution

Workers assemble a Ford Model T Automobile

Grand Central Station, NYC

Characteristics of the Second Industrial Revolution

• Rapid technological progress

• Urbanization (people moved from the countryside into cities)

Causes of the Second Industrial Revolution

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsTBCJP_PSA

Cause #1: Natural Resources

• Iron, used to make steel

• Oil, used as fuel

Advances in Technology

• Railroads, telephones connected people and allowed information to spread

• Process for building things became more efficient

Immigration

• More people came to the US

• They needed jobs, and new factories were eager to hire them

• 1865: 25 million immigrants arrive over next 50 years

• Total US Pop at that time: 31.4 million

Railroad Expansion

New business practices

Multiple Choice

What years did the Second Industrial Revolution take place?

• 1776-1783

• 1861-1865

• 1870-1814

• 2021-2077

Multiple Select

Which of the following were causes of the Second Industrial Revolution? (Check all that apply)

• Natural Resources

• New Technology

• Immigration

• War with Mexico

Multiple Choice

What is urbanization?

• The movement of people from North to South

• The immigration of people from other countries to the US

• The movement of people from the countryside to cities

• The movement of people from the US to other countries

The Second Industrial Revolution (Video II)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgP0GqH4A1M&t=79s