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Innovations of the 2nd Industrial Revolution: Transforming America

Explore the game-changing advancements of the 2nd Industrial Revolution in America, from the Bessemer Process to the Transcontinental Railroad and the rise of the oil and steel industries, shaping the nation's future.

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Innovations of the 2nd Industrial Revolution: Transforming America

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  1. 2nd Industrial Revolution The Steel Industry *The Bessemer Process – Allowed for faster production of steel * Great Lakes shipping – Brought iron ore from Midwest Andrew Carnegie The Oil Industry * Edwin Drake drills for oil near Titusville, PA “Wildcatters” follow suit! (Texas oil boom also begins at this time)

  2. Transportation • Cheap steel leads RR to lay more track • Tracks longer than ever before Transcontinental Railroad • Single line from Omaha to the Pacific Ocean • Trunk Lines – Major Railroads • Feeder or Branch Lines – connect outlying areas • double sets • Standard gauge & width * George Westinghouse – developed air brake

  3. Horseless Carriage • Oil allows for better production of motors • Internal combustion engines attempted (gasoline) • Creation of a self propelled vehicle • By 1900 wealthy Americans were using automobiles Airplanes • Small internal combustion engine • Convert gliders into planes Orville & Wilbur Wright • First flight: Kitty Hawk, NC • Lasted 12 seconds, went 120 feet

  4. Communication Samuel F.B. Morse * Telegraph – Dot & dash code using electricity Alexander Graham Bell • Telephone Thomas Alva Edison (Menlo Park) • Over 1,000 patents total • Light Bulb, Phonograph, Use of Electricity

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