Unit 2. Industrial Revolution

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Bessemer Process

Inventor: Henry Bessemer

Makes steel from iron at a cheap cost

Enabled the U.S. to build infrastructure never thought of before (high rise buildings, bridges)

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Electric Light Bulb & Phonograph

Inventor: Thomas Edison

Allows lighting in homes, and longer working hours in factories

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African American Cosmetics & Hair Products

Inventor: Madam C.J. Walker
Impacted Fashion Icons in society

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Foldaway bed

Inventor: Sarah Goode

  • First African American to invent foldaway bed

Solution to small, overcrowded apartments or rooms

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Sleeping Car

Inventor: George Pullman

Allows comfort over long distances on trains

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Air Brake

Inventor: George Westinghouse

Stopped all train cars at the same time

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Refrigerated Train Cars

Inventor: Gustavus Swift

Allows for meats and produce to be transported over long distances

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Telegraph & Morse Code

Inventor: Samuel Morse
Allows quick communication over long distances

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Transatlantic Cable

Inventor: Cyrus Field

Allows telegraphs to be carried from American to Europe

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Telephone

Inventor: Alexander Graham Bell

Quick instant communication

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AC Current/electricity

Inventor: Nicola Tesla

Safer way of using electricity can go over longer distances

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First Oil Well Drilled

Inventor: Edward Drake
led to development of petroleum, gasoline, & kerosene

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Automobile

Inventor: Henry Ford

Transportation and travel

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First Automatic Dishwasher

Inventor: Josephine Cochran
Made house chores quicker and easier for wife

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Steel Engine Lubricators

Inventor: Elijah McCoy

  • African American invention

Efficient running of engines

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Machine that Attaches Soles to Shoes

Inventor: Jan Ernst Matzlieger

Mass production of shoes in factories

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First Airplane

Inventors: Wilbur & Orville Wright (Wright Brothers)

Faster transportation than cars or railroads