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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• 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