WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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The first led to the development of new inventions; the second did not.
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The first was centered in Britain; the second was centered in America.
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The first involved advances in transportation and communication; the second did not.
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The first took place during the 1600s, the second took place during the 1700s.
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Detailed explanation-1: -While the First Industrial Revolution centered on textile manufacturing and the innovation of the steam engine, the Second Industrial Revolution focused instead on steel production, the automobile and advances in electricity.
Detailed explanation-2: -This is based on the fact that the industrial revolution in Britain took place in the late eighteenth century which is after mid 1700s, while the industrial revolution in America took place in the late nineteenth century to the early twentieth century, which is between 1850 and 1920.
Detailed explanation-3: -Though a few innovations were developed as early as the 1700s, the Industrial Revolution began in earnest by the 1830s and 1840s in Britain, and soon spread to the rest of the world, including the United States.
Detailed explanation-4: -While some historians quibble over the exact boundary between the First Industrial Revolution, that began in the mid-18th century, and the second, that started around the mid-19th century, a primary difference is that the second saw the beginning of mass production in manufacturing and consumer goods.
Detailed explanation-5: -The biggest difference between these two industrial revolutions was the expansion of the electricity. Even though the electricity was introduced during the first industrial revolution, it was not widely used until the second.