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Expansion of Industry Graphic Organizer
Directions: As you read the textbook describe the innovations of the late 1800s and early 1900s fill in the blank spaces for each innovation, the innovator,
and how it resulted in the expansion of American businesses (industry).
Innovation Innovator Definition Impact
Ex. Steam Engine Drill Edwin Drake
A drill that operated using a steam engine
to drill deep into the Earth to release the oil
to the surface.
Developed a method to drill deeper into the
Earth making the search for oil much
easier.
The bessemer process Henry bessemer
Process responsible for removing carbon
and other impurities from iron and making a
stronger metal, steel.
Making steel cost- effective and mass
producible.
Incandescent Light Bulb Thomas Edison Any device that produces light and helps
power run numerous machines.
Increased workers efficiency and helped
others become more creative.
Light bulb George Westinghouse, Thomas Edison,
Nikola Tesla
Any device that produce light and and build
factors
Allowed factories to be developed wherever
factory owners wanted to put factories
wherever they wanted.
Typewriter Christopher sholes A device that can print use numbers and
letters
Changed the way office work operated by
allowing communications to be produced
more quickly and efficiently
telephone Alexander Graham Bell Communication that allowed people to talk
directly to one another.
allowed communications from a distant be
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