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 * New Industrial Powers Emerge
 * Belgium was the second European nation to industrialize, Britain was first.
 * Britain was industrially superior to everyone else
 * Germany, France, and the United States were able to catch up very quickly because of their abundant supplies of coal, iron, and other resources
 * Germany, France, and the United States used British ideas to make their own things
 * The United States and Germany quickly came to the top of the industrial revolution
 * Some nations industrialized very slowly because they lacked either:
 * natural resources
 * or the capital to invest
 * Social and Political conditions? Ms. B
 * Social changes also started to happen, such as urbanization.
 * People worked long hours in very bad conditions, including:
 * men
 * women
 * children
 * Technology Sparks Industrial Growth
 * Henry Bessemer: developed a new process for making steel from iron
 * patented in 1856 ([|Henry Bessemer]
 * Steel was:
 * lighter
 * harder
 * more durable
 * cheaper to make
 * Steel was mainly used to make:
 * tools
 * bridges
 * railroads
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 * Transportation and Communication Advances
 * The transportation revolution took a new turn when Nikolaus Otto invented a gasoline powered internal combustion engine.
 * train?
 * airplane?
 * Morse Code and telephone?
 * In the early 1900's Ford began using the assembly line to mass-produce cars, making the United States a leader in the automobile industry. Explain how the assembly line enabled production to increase at such a rapid pace.
 * Interchangeable parts?
 * Electricity?
 * Monopoly?