the industrial revolution unit 6. inventors & inventions
TRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: The Industrial Revolution Unit 6. Inventors & Inventions](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022081420/56649ed85503460f94be6e5c/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
The Industrial Revolution
Unit 6
![Page 2: The Industrial Revolution Unit 6. Inventors & Inventions](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022081420/56649ed85503460f94be6e5c/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Inventors &Inventions
![Page 3: The Industrial Revolution Unit 6. Inventors & Inventions](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022081420/56649ed85503460f94be6e5c/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Railroads• George
Stephenson invented the Steam Locomotive– “The Rocket” in
1829
• Increased demand for travel across the United States and created jobs for immigrants!
![Page 4: The Industrial Revolution Unit 6. Inventors & Inventions](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022081420/56649ed85503460f94be6e5c/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Steamboat• Robert Fulton invented the
steamboat• Developed the first commercially
successful one!
![Page 5: The Industrial Revolution Unit 6. Inventors & Inventions](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022081420/56649ed85503460f94be6e5c/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
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
![Page 6: The Industrial Revolution Unit 6. Inventors & Inventions](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022081420/56649ed85503460f94be6e5c/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
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!)
![Page 7: The Industrial Revolution Unit 6. Inventors & Inventions](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022081420/56649ed85503460f94be6e5c/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
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)
![Page 8: The Industrial Revolution Unit 6. Inventors & Inventions](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022081420/56649ed85503460f94be6e5c/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Airplane• The Wright brothers• Built an airplane and were first in
flight• Jockey’s Ridge, Outer Banks, North
Carolina
![Page 9: The Industrial Revolution Unit 6. Inventors & Inventions](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022081420/56649ed85503460f94be6e5c/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Telegraph• Invented by Samuel Morse• Allowed ideas to spread faster
![Page 10: The Industrial Revolution Unit 6. Inventors & Inventions](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022081420/56649ed85503460f94be6e5c/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Telephone• Provided faster communication and
spread of ideas• Created by Alexander Graham Bell– Later established the Bell Telephone
Company
![Page 11: The Industrial Revolution Unit 6. Inventors & Inventions](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022081420/56649ed85503460f94be6e5c/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
Interchangeable Parts
• revolutionized the manufacturing industry
• Developed by Eli Whitney
![Page 12: The Industrial Revolution Unit 6. Inventors & Inventions](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022081420/56649ed85503460f94be6e5c/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Small Pox and Rabies Vaccines
• Smallpox—Edward Jenner• Rabies—Louis Pasteur
![Page 13: The Industrial Revolution Unit 6. Inventors & Inventions](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022081420/56649ed85503460f94be6e5c/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
Television• There have been many engineers
and inventors of the television over many decades
• Earliest in 1926
![Page 14: The Industrial Revolution Unit 6. Inventors & Inventions](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022081420/56649ed85503460f94be6e5c/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
Assembly line
• Created by Henry Ford• Brought affordable cars to Americans• Allowed for even faster production
![Page 15: The Industrial Revolution Unit 6. Inventors & Inventions](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022081420/56649ed85503460f94be6e5c/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
Rockefeller• Leader of the oil
industry• Oil Tycoon
![Page 16: The Industrial Revolution Unit 6. Inventors & Inventions](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022081420/56649ed85503460f94be6e5c/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
JP Morgan• American financial
leader during the Industrial Revolution
![Page 17: The Industrial Revolution Unit 6. Inventors & Inventions](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022081420/56649ed85503460f94be6e5c/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
Thomas Edison• Created the light
bulb• Used electricity as
a source of power and light
![Page 18: The Industrial Revolution Unit 6. Inventors & Inventions](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022081420/56649ed85503460f94be6e5c/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
Bessemer• Created a process that made it easier
to turn iron into steel• The Bessemer Process
![Page 19: The Industrial Revolution Unit 6. Inventors & Inventions](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022081420/56649ed85503460f94be6e5c/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
Vanderbilt• The American railroad tycoon
![Page 20: The Industrial Revolution Unit 6. Inventors & Inventions](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022081420/56649ed85503460f94be6e5c/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
Carnegie• The American steel tycoon!
![Page 21: The Industrial Revolution Unit 6. Inventors & Inventions](https://reader036.vdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022081420/56649ed85503460f94be6e5c/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
Laissez-Faire• Describes the economic policies of
America in which the government did not interfere with business during the Industrial Revolution