THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION SPREADS
Chapter 9 Section 1
New Industrial Powers
Started with Britain Belgium became the first nation outside Britain to
industrializeNew pacesetters
Germany, France and the U.S. had greater supplies of coal, iron, and other resources
Borrowed British technology By 1900, American industry led the world in
production
Map of Europe
Uneven development
Some nations lacked the resources or capital to invest in businesses
Example: Russia Had resources, but lacked the right social and
political conditions
Technology and Industry
Steel (1856) Lighter, harder, and more durable than iron
Chemicals (1866) dynamite Invented by Alfred Nobel- used in construction and
warfare, used his money to fund Nobel prizeselectricity
Michael Faraday- dynamo- a machine that generates electricity
Thomas Edison made the first electric light bulbNew methods of production
Assembly line Interchangeable parts
Dynamo and Light Bulb
Technology Speeds Transportation and communication
The automobile begins 1886 Karl Benz received a patent for the first
automobile Henry Ford’s cars could go 25 miles per hour- he
used the assembly line to produce carsConquest of the Air
Orville and Wilbour Wright invented the first flying machine
Rapid Communication Samuel Morse developed the telegraph Alexander Graham Bell developed the telephone
Karl Benz and the first automobile
Wright brothers and the first plane
Big Business and the Move toward Regulation
Rise of Big Business Formed giant corporations- businesses owned by
many investors who buy shares of stock Monopolies
Some companies developed monopolies- control over a certain type of industry
Example: John D. Rockefeller- Standard Oil Company Reformers called for laws to prevent
monopolies and regulate large corporations