Name:
Second Industrial Revolution Guided Notes
Industrial Revolution
1. Let’s break it down:
2. Industrial comes from the word “
means the organized action of
services for sale.
” which
goods and
3. Revolution means something that significantly
.
4. We put the two together to get “Industrial Revolution” which was a time
when making goods and new technology
heavily. The United States switched
from a
society to an
society.
5. The
Industrial Revolution took place in the early parts
of the 1800s.
6. The
Industrial Revolution took place in the late
1800s into the early 1900s.
7. Today we are going to focus on the Second Industrial Revolution.
What is Needed?
1. In order for a society to convert to an industrial society, it must have:
a. Natural
d. Lots of
b. An
e.
c. A large
f.
2. Let’s explain all of these things!
Natural Resources
1. These things are natural things that have not been
.
2. Some examples of natural resources include fertile
and
,
ore.
3. These resources help
things like food to feed
people and steel to build railroads and buildings.
Infrastructure
1. Like we have discussed before, an infrastructure is a type of transportation
that connects a country together.
2. This helps
3. More people can
with a
people and supplies at a faster rate.
and more things can be built
infrastructure.
and
Working Force
1. A large working force is
for an industrial
society.
2. Large
of
and
to be able to work to produce goods and services.
3. This helps the country
and
need
.
Money to Invest
1. First: Without money
can be built or created.
Everything has a price.
2. Investing money means to put money
in
something
to receive a profit.
3. For example: I invest $1,000 to build a candy store and 5 years later I earn
$10,000 from the profit earned.
4. During the Industrial Revolution there was a lot of money to be invested by
.
Entrepreneurs
1. Ever hear of Bill Gates? Steve Jobs? Mark Zuckerburg? They are all
entrepreneurs.
2. An entrepreneur is someone who
and
a business. Sometimes with a lot of risk of
.
3. Bill Gates created Microsoft. Steve Jobs created Apple and Mark Zuckerburg
created Facebook.
4. Entrepreneurs are an
part of the puzzle!
5. We will learn about entrepreneurs in another lesson.
Breakthroughs
1. America found ways to produce goods and services
and
using new
2. These technological
helped the nation
.
were called breakthroughs that
.
3. We will learn about all these breakthroughs in another lesson.
Why Else Did it Succeed?
1. The Second Industrial Revolution
because the
in large part
would leave businesses
meaning they would stay out of it.
2. This was good and bad as we will learn!
The Good
1. The Industrial Revolution led to many benefits for the human life such as:
a. People lived
due to medical advancements.
b. Less babies died during
c. Labor was made
d. Living
have improved
The Bad
1. Even though America was prospering,
happened.
2. Children worked in very
things still
conditions to help
3. Even though living conditions improved for many there were still many
poor families living in
conditions.
4. Some rich factory owners took
of their
workers.
So What?
1. The big question here is that without the Industrial Revolution we would
not have the
of electricity today, the
on our back, running
and even large things like the
cities we have.
Developed vs. Developing
1. America is considered a
This means we are essentially
country.
compared to the rest of
the world.
2. Developing countries have not benefitted from an Industrial Revolution.
These countries are
by
,
and
.