WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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textiles, railroads, iron, and coal
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a true world economy, internal-combustion engines, and new products
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radios, telephones, light bulbs, and telegraphs
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steel, chemicals, electricity, and petroleum
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the Second industrial revolution, steel chemicals, electricity, and petroleum led the way to new industrial frontiers. The first major change in industry between 1870 and 1914 was the substitution of steel for iron.
Detailed explanation-2: -Rapid advances in the creation of steel, chemicals and electricity helped fuel production, including mass-produced consumer goods and weapons. It became far easier to get around on trains, automobiles and bicycles. At the same time, ideas and news spread via newspapers, the radio and telegraph.
Detailed explanation-3: -What led to new industrial frontiers in the second revolution? Steel, chemicals, electricity, and petroleum led the way to new industrial frontiers.
Detailed explanation-4: -Major Technological Advances of the Second Industrial Revolution. 1870s. Automatic signals, air brakes, and knuckle couplers on the railroads; the Bessemer and then the open-hearth process in the steel mills; the telephone, electric light, and typewriter.
Detailed explanation-5: -Westerners in the 1800s worshiped progress due to the amazing material growth from the Second Industrial Revolution. Steel, chemicals, electricity, and oil were the new industrial frontiers.