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The Industrial Revolution

1750’s - Present. The Industrial Revolution. Thomas Newcomen. James Watt. Henry Cort. Eli Whitney. “CLAIM TO FAME” -Interchangeable parts PRACTICAL USES: -Goods cheaper and easier to fix -Mass production of goods -Specialization of Labor. Robert Fulton. George Stephenson.

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The Industrial Revolution

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  1. 1750’s - Present The Industrial Revolution

  2. Thomas Newcomen

  3. James Watt

  4. Henry Cort

  5. Eli Whitney “CLAIM TO FAME” -Interchangeable parts PRACTICAL USES: -Goods cheaper and easier to fix -Mass production of goods -Specialization of Labor

  6. Robert Fulton

  7. George Stephenson “CLAIM TO FAME”-Built the 1st effective Steam Locomotive -“The Rocket” PRACTICAL USES: -Mass transportation of goods over land

  8. Charles Goodyear

  9. Karl Marx

  10. Sir Henry Bessemer • “CLAIM TO FAME” -The original “Man of Steel” -Invented the Bessemer Converter • PRACTICAL USES: -Invented a way to mass produce steel -Stronger and lighter than iron

  11. Nicolaus Otto

  12. Alexander Graham Bell

  13. Early Switchboard Switchboard operator

  14. Early Rotary Phone Modern Rotary Phone

  15. Cell Phone Inventor Cell Phone Tower

  16. Modern Cell Phones

  17. Thomas Edison Livermore, California Firehouse light bulb: http://www.roadsideamerica.com/set/lightbulbs.html

  18. Gottleib Daimler

  19. Guglielmo Marconi • “CLAIM TO FAME” • Built the radio • PRACTICAL USES: • Transmits sounds over long distances without wires

  20. Henry Ford • “CLAIM TO FAME” • Assembly line production • PRACTICAL USES: • Made mass production of goods easier

  21. Women’s Rights

  22. Leisure Activitiesof the early 1900’s Coney Island - 1906 Map

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