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