WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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Question
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What would a comparison of the First and Second Industrial Revolution show?
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The first depended on new inventions but the second did not.
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Both relied almost entirely on steam power.
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Both used natural resources and relied on telecommunications to send message over long distances.
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Both saw improvements in transportation but a truly national market only emerged in the second.
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Explanation:
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. Discoveries in the field of electricity improved communication technologies.
Detailed explanation-2: -Similarities – Both increased automation, mass-production, and the division of labour.
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