UNIT 2 INDUSTRIALIZATION LESSON 2 New Inventions and
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UNIT #2 – INDUSTRIALIZATION LESSON #2 New Inventions and Free Enterprise (94 -95)
New Plan for Composition Book: ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS 1. What was America’s role in the “second” industrial revolution? 2. What type of man was the typical entrepreneur in this time? NEW VOCABULARY • Thomas Edison • Menlo Park • Alexander Graham Bell • Laissez-Faire • Free Enterprise System • Entrepreneurs
Start of Industrial Revolution (England, 1750) • Most people were living on ______ • Life was hard, but _______ were _____ • Population _______in late 1700 s led to: 1. Lots of people willing to work for ______ • Too many people on farms to sustain population • People moved to cities, for new opportunity 2. Lots of people needing ______ • From this, the Industrial Revolution was born
The Industrial Revolution in USA • Immigration and births after Civil War • American industry _______ • Great men with great minds and great ideas appeared • They were usually ________ • But saw opportunity • Worked _____ • Demanded _______ • And became _____ made millionaires • Powerful… rich men • Others invented amazing new inventions…
Inventors of America • Thomas _____ – “The ____ __ ________” (NJ) • Research facility – Got famous from invention of _______(1877) – And ________ (1879) • Alexander Graham ______ – Experimented with transmitting sound – Invented the ________ (1876)
Other big American inventions • In Menlo Park • Cyrus Field • George Westinghouse (Wm Tesla) • Thaddeus Lowe • Home inventions – Dishwasher, washing machine, power sewing machine
Free Enterprise • Early business owners worked hard to get rich • They resented any government interference – ___________ – Government should keep hands ______ business – Believed competition would regulate _____ – Believed this way promoted wealth for all
Free Enterprise • People willing to risk their $$ to make it rich were called __________ • USA became one of biggest trade centers in the world during and after Civil War
