Industrial Revolution

Spinning Jenny

1770

The spinning Jenny was invented by James Hargreaves. it allows for more than one thread to be threaded at a time. This allowed for a faster production of thread and clothing.

Mutual aid societies

1780

this is used to assist the poor and sick. It allowed for those who couldn't help themselves to get help from others. This allowed for those who didn't have the best life to still stay alive.

Socialism

1789

socialism is the idea that everyone is equal and has the right to live a good life. People were searching for more cooperation between them.

Richard Arkwright

Aug 3, 1792

Richard Arkwright invented the simple spinning machine. This allowed for faster production of clothing and goods.

Coorperations

1800

Corporations are large businesses with stockholders. These were large owners of basically the world in the industrial revolution because they began producing products fast and in bulk.

communism

1817

Communism was created by Karl Max. it's the idea that everything is shared equally. It does not work.

Dynamo

1832

Dynamo which is an electric generator was invented by Michael Faraday. This allowed for electricity to be more widespread.

Thomas Malthus

Dec 23, 1834

Thomas Malthus was a British economist who outlined population increases. He thought the world was going through a decline and was going to run out of food.

Social gospel

1870

social gospel is the idea of bringing Christian values into society. this was created by Washington Gladden.

Charles Darwin

Apr 19, 1882

Charles Darwin discovered the idea of evolution. He did this through Finch birds on different islands by looking at how they adapted their beaks and what foods they ate.

Assembly Line

1900

This invention made building things like cars much faster. It was a line of people where each person did their own job and it allowed for production to go much faster.

Social Darwinism

1900

social Darwinism is the idea of natural selection but applied to humans and races. It was created by Herbert Spencer. This was the idea that some races are weaker than others.

Airplane

Dec 17, 1903

The wright brothers invented the first airplane. It wasn’t the best airplane but it flew. It was used to train the first civilian pilots.

Thomas Edison

Oct 18, 1933

Thomas Edison made the light bulb. This was a major turning point because it allowed us to move from gas powered lights to electric.

Guglielmo Marconi

Jul 20, 1937

Guglielmo Marconi invented the radio. This allowed for more communication throughout countries.