America Enters the Industrial Age Chapter 20 Section

The Industrial Revolution Continues. • Key ? - What new inventions changed life in

The New Steel Industry • Bessemer steel process developed by Henry Bessemer in England,

Edison and Electricity • Thomas Edison found many ways to use electricity at his

Bell and the Telephone • Bell invented the telephone in 1876. • Result of

continued • Sewing machines led to ready-to-wear clothes made in factories. • African-American inventor

Corporations Gain Power • Key ? – How did corporations affect business competition? •

Rockefeller and the Oil Industry • Created a monopoly by buying wiping out its

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America Enters the Industrial Age Chapter 20 Section 1

The Industrial Revolution Continues. • Key ? - What new inventions changed life in the 1800 s? • After the Civil War, large-scale manufacturing began to replace farming. • Not until the late 1800 s that a surge in industry, changing the nation dramatically. • Patent – a government document that gives an inventor the exclusive right to make and sell an invention.

The New Steel Industry • Bessemer steel process developed by Henry Bessemer in England, and William Kelly in the U. S. • Cut the use of coal, and cut the cost of steel. • Steel output increased by more than 350 times between 1867 -1900 • Nails, barbed wire, plows, building beams, and rails for railroads.

Edison and Electricity • Thomas Edison found many ways to use electricity at his lab, Menlo Park in NJ. • Received more than 1, 000 patents. • Lewis Latimer – assistant. • Edison figured out how to make a safe, steady light bulb, and a system to deliver electricity to buildings. • 1882 – installed the first permanent commercial central power system in New York City.

Bell and the Telephone • Bell invented the telephone in 1876. • Result of an accident, when he spilled acid on himself and told his assistant Thomas Watson “Come here. I want you. ” • Telephone industry became big and led to switchboards. Became a woman’s job. • Typewriter opened more jobs for women. • Elias Howe patented the sewing machine in 1846. • Isaac Singer also patented sewing machine 1851.

continued • Sewing machines led to ready-to-wear clothes made in factories. • African-American inventor Granville T. Woods patented devices to improve telephone and telegraph systems. • Margaret Knight invented machines for the packaging and shoe making industries.

Corporations Gain Power • Key ? – How did corporations affect business competition? • Individual businesses turned into corporations, a business owned by shareholders, who buy part of the company in stock. • Few laws regulated corporations which led to a few powerful corporations dominating industry.

Rockefeller and the Oil Industry • Created a monopoly by buying wiping out its competitors.