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Industrial Revolution ll

Industrial Revolution ll. By: Ren Luddington , Kyle DeLion, Christa Priest, last and DEFIENTLY least William Cannon. People to Know. Edwin L. Drake Patillo Higgins Henry Bessemer and William Kelly Christopher Sholes Thomas Alva Edison Alexander Graham Bell William Lebaron Jenny

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Industrial Revolution ll

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  1. Industrial Revolution ll By: Ren Luddington, Kyle DeLion, Christa Priest, last and DEFIENTLY least William Cannon

  2. People to Know • Edwin L. Drake • Patillo Higgins • Henry Bessemer and William Kelly • Christopher Sholes • Thomas Alva Edison • Alexander Graham Bell • William Lebaron Jenny • Joseph Gidden

  3. Edwin L Drake • Born: March 29, 1819 • Died: November 9, 1880 • First man to drill for oil in the United States in 1859 • He drilled for oil in Titusville, Pennsylvaniaas a result of this it started an oil boom in Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana

  4. Patillo Higgins • Born: December 5, 1863 • Died: June 5, 1955 • He was a business man we was obsessed with oil which gave him the nickname “Prophet of Spindletop”. • On January 10, 1901 he drilled for oil at Spindletop, Texas and struck liquid gold. This soon led to the Texas Oil Boom

  5. Oil • Oil, once a sign for cursed land is now a sign to strike it rich. Given the nickname “Liquid Gold” for how much it sold for due to how valuable it was to the industrial revolution. • This was a dangerous process though due to its flammability. An oil spill was the cause of several fires that broke out on the Cuyahoga River.

  6. Henry Bessemer & William Kelly • Henry Bessemer • Born: January 19, 1913 • Died: March 15, 1898 • William Kelly • Born: August 21, 1811 • Died: February 11, 1888 • Henry Bessemer is known for inventing the Bessemer Process

  7. Bessemer Process • This technique involved injection air into molten iron to remove the carbon and other impurities this hardened the aspect of Iron and made it more durable and created what we know as steel which was just as important to the industrial revolution as oil and iron.

  8. Christopher Sholes • Born: February 14, 1819 • Died: February 17, 1890 • Inventor of the typewriter in 1867 • That’s pretty much all to be honest…

  9. Thomas Alva Edison • Born: February 11, 1847 • Died: October 18, 1931 • Thomas Edison was the inventor of many useful invention we still use today.Such as the phonograph, the light bulb, the motion picture camera etc. • He also established the first industrial research laboratory in Menlo Park hence his nickname “The Wizard of Menlo Park”

  10. Alexander Grand Bell • Born: March 3, 1847 • Died: August 2, 1922 • Inventor of the first Telephone

  11. William Lebaron Jenny • Born: September 25, 1832 • Died: June 14, 1907 • William Le Baron Jenney was an American architect and engineer who is known for building the first skyscraper in 1884 and became known as the Father of the American skyscraper.

  12. Joseph Gidden • Born: January 18, 1813 • Died: October 9, 1906 • Joseph Farwell Glidden was an American farmer who patented barbed wire, a product that forever altered the development of the American West.

  13. Industrial Revolution Quiz 1. Pattillo Higgins A. Bessemer Process 2. Henry Bessemer and William Kelly B. Invented The Typewriter 3. Christopher Sholes C. Invented The Telephone 4. Alexander Graham Bell D. Texas Oil Boom 5. The world’s first research laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey was established by: a. William Le Baron Jenny b. Thomas Edison c. Joseph Glidden d. Harold Saxon 6. Women made up ___ of all office workers in 1870: a. 10% b. 35% c. 12% d. 5% 7. Along with oil and iron, ___ was extremely important to the industrial revolution: a. Steel b. Water c. Grain d. Cattle 8. Several fires broke out on the Cuyahoga River due to so much _____ being discharged into the water. 9. The ______ Oil Boom began on January 10, 1901. 10. One of the most famous of the steel buildings was the _____ Bridge

  14. Answer 1. D 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. B 6. D 7. A 8. Oil 9. Texas 10. Brooklyn

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