WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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Dramatic improvements in farming technology
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The replacement of steam and water power with animal power
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The replacement of steam and water power with electrical power
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A movement toward making goods in private homes and small workshops
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Detailed explanation-1: -Electrification allowed the final major developments in manufacturing methods of the Second Industrial Revolution, namely the assembly line and mass production. Electrification was called “the most important engineering achievement of the 20th century” by the National Academy of Engineering.
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: -29.390) The most important of the changes that brought about the Industrial Revolution were (1) the invention of machines to do the work of hand tools, (2) the use of steam and later of other kinds of power, and (3) the adoption of the factory system.
Detailed explanation-4: -The second industrial revolution had begun! Electricity moved into many areas such as industry, railway transport, street lighting before it went into homes. In the 1920s, the rapid expansion of electricity made it possible for electricity networks to be established in industrial countries.
Detailed explanation-5: -Petroleum also became an important source of energy during this time, due to the development of new extraction and refining technologies. These new energy sources helped to power the factories and machines of the second industrial revolution, making it one of the most important periods in the history of energy.