“A Technological Revolution”

 Licenses that give an inventor the exclusive right to make, use, or sell an invention for a set period of time.

 The amount of goods and services created in a given period of time

 A railway extending from coast to coast

 Easier and cheaper way to make steal by melting iron, adding carbon, and removing impurities

 A production of goods in greater amounts

 Introduction to Industrial Revolution  revolution/videos/the-industrial-revolition revolution/videos/the-industrial-revolition

1) Why did people’s daily lives change in the decades following the Civil War? Before war people lived on farms, after- cities -no electricity, no refrigeration (used blocks of ice)

2) Why did the nation’s industrial productivity rise in the late 1800s? New forms of energy, took advantage of workers, used machines (technology)

3) How did the system of patents encourage innovation and investment? Patents protected inventor’s work and ideas from being sold or stolen

 licenses that give an inventor the exclusive right to make, use, or sell an invention for a set period of time  European and American business leaders began to invest heavily in these new inventions. The combination of financial backing and American ingenuity helped create new industries and expand old ones.

  Video on Edwin Drake’s oil well

4) Why did the oil business change after Drake found oil in Pennsylvania? -The oil industry grew, and boom towns/cities appeared

 America the Story of US-Video “Edison and the Light Bulb”  Until the early 1880s, people who wanted electricity had to produce it with their own generator. Hoping to provide affordable lighting to many customers, Edison developed the idea of a central power station.  Electricity helped to improve the productivity of the business world and transform the nature of the workplace. Electric power was cheaper and more efficient than some previously existing power sources.  america/videos/the-rise-of-thomas-edison america/videos/the-rise-of-thomas-edison

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5) How did advances in electric power and communication affect life for people and businesses? -People: life is easier, more appliances, safer Businesses: Expand, operate at night, power equipment

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6) What effects did the development of railroads have on industrial growth? -Steel industry grew, many products were shipped throughout the nation, ship raw materials

 Steel had long been produced by melting iron, adding carbon, and removing impurities. The Bessemer process made it much easier and cheaper to remove the impurities.

7) What was the impact of the Bessemer process on American culture? -used to build buildings, bridges, railroads: connect people 8) What innovations did the Bessemer process encourage? -how skyscrapers were built and suspension bridges

 Which development led to the standardization of time zones across the country? A) the telegraph B) central power stations C) the telephone D) the transcontinental railroad

 D) the transcontinental railroad

 The development of the Bessemer process led to A) refrigeration in every home. B) the first commercial telephone exchange. C) a new age of American construction. D) the development of Morse Code.

 C) a new age of American construction

 How did patents help American technological growth? A) They provided blueprints for building developers. B) They legally protected inventors from having their ideas stolen. C) They promised money from wealthy European investors. D) They were an easy way to learn about new ideas.

 B) They legally protected inventors from having their ideas stolen.

 Samuel Morse helped start a communications revolution when he perfected the A) telephone. B) telegraph. C) central power station. D) phonograph.

 B) telegraph.

 Edwin L. Drake and the Pennsylvania Rock Oil Company pioneered what technique for obtaining oil? A) blasting it out of rock B) refining it from crude petroleum C) melting the fat from whales D) drilling it out of the ground

 D) drilling it out of the ground

 The transcontinental railroad connected A) northern cities to Mexico. B) the East Coast to the West Coast. C) cotton plantations to southern cities. D) New York to Washington, D.C.

 B) the East Coast to the West Coast.

 Thomas Edison's inventions included the A) phonograph, telephone, and alternating current. B) phonograph, telephone, and central power station. C) central power station, light bulb, and phonograph. D) Bessemer process, light bulb, and alternating current.

 C) central power station, light bulb, and phonograph.