WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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steel
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coal
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telephone
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Detailed explanation-1: -The most important inventions in the Second Industrial Revolution include the telegraph, the telephone, the modern lightbulb, the assembly line, the automobile, aircraft, and the construction of the transcontinental railroad in the United States.
Detailed explanation-2: -The boom in productivity began with a few technical devices, including the spinning jenny, spinning mule, and power loom. First human, then water, and finally steam power were applied to operate power looms, carding machines, and other specialized equipment.
Detailed explanation-3: -The main causes of the second industrial revolution were due to: natural resources, abundant labor supply, strong government policy, new sources of power, railroads and American inventors and inventions.