5.5 Technology in the Industrial Age 1750-1900

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The coal revolution

  • Coal

    • more mobile than the streams that powered the 1st factories

    • generated more power for machines in factories

    • steam engine → steamships

  • Iron

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second industrial revolution new technologies

  • Steel

    • stronger and versatile than iron, way cheaper

  • Chemical Engineering

    • Synthetic dyes were developed for textiles

    • Vulcanization, rubber made harder and more durable

  • Electricity

  • Communication

    • telegraph

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effects of new technology

  • Development of Interior regions

    • railroads, reached parts of countries that were untouched

    • telegraph: allowed for immediate communication, connecting economic drivers.

  • Increase in Trade and Migration

    • Global trade increase

    • states across the world became interlinked → global economy

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reasons for immigration

  • a massive shift from rural to urban life

  • propelled by agricultural mechanization displacing workers

  • factory job opportunities

  • population growth