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