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The Industrial Revolution. Unit 6. Inventors & Inventions. Railroads. George Stephenson invented the Steam Locomotive “The Rocket” in 1829 Increased demand for travel across the United States and created jobs for immigrants!. Steamboat. Robert Fulton invented the steamboat
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The Industrial Revolution Unit 6
Railroads • George Stephenson invented the Steam Locomotive • “The Rocket” in 1829 • Increased demand for travel across the United States and created jobs for immigrants!
Steamboat • Robert Fulton invented the steamboat • Developed the first commercially successful one!
Cotton Gin • Invented by Eli Whitney • Increased the amount of cotton produced • Increased materials put out by factories, such as textiles and other clothing products
Reaper • Invented by Cyrus McCormick and his slave Jo Anderson • Farmers could now produce more grains in a faster amount of time (higher supply and cheaper cost!)
Automobile • Henry Ford (founder of the Ford Motor Company) made automobiles afFORDable for all! • Model T was the first car that was mass produced (all were made alike)
Airplane • The Wright brothers • Built an airplane and were first in flight • Jockey’s Ridge, Outer Banks, North Carolina
Telegraph • Invented by Samuel Morse • Allowed ideas to spread faster
Telephone • Provided faster communication and spread of ideas • Created by Alexander Graham Bell • Later established the Bell Telephone Company
Interchangeable Parts • revolutionized the manufacturing industry • Developed by Eli Whitney
Small Pox and Rabies Vaccines • Smallpox—Edward Jenner • Rabies—Louis Pasteur
Television • There have been many engineers and inventors of the television over many decades • Earliest in 1926
Assembly line • Created by Henry Ford • Brought affordable cars to Americans • Allowed for even faster production
Rockefeller • Leader of the oil industry • Oil Tycoon
JP Morgan • American financial leader during the Industrial Revolution
Thomas Edison • Created the light bulb • Used electricity as a source of power and light
Bessemer • Created a process that made it easier to turn iron into steel • The Bessemer Process
Vanderbilt • The American railroad tycoon
Carnegie • The American steel tycoon!
Laissez-Faire • Describes the economic policies of America in which the government did not interfere with business during the Industrial Revolution