2nd industrial revolution in america

Second Industrial Revolution in America (1865 - 1914)

By sethfatah

  • The Sleeping Car

    George Pullman invented the first sleeper car. It made its first debut in 1865. It is an important event because it provided comfort and transportation for people who wanted to train around the nation, and discover new areas of the nation.

  • The Railway Air Brake

    George Westinghouse was the person who invented the railway air brake on March 5, 1868. His invention was a significant factor for the transporting industry in America.

  • Transcontinental Railroad

    Transcontinental railroad expansions across the United States of America was first completed on May 10, 1869. This gave a big boost in the US economy whereby goods were easily transported therefore mass products manufactured and sold.

  • The Telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell invented the first practical telephone. Fun fact he founded American Telephone and Telegraph Company also known as "AT&T" in 1885.

  • The Great Railroad Strike

    The Great Railroad strike occurred in the United States of America when railroad companies reduced wages During this day was a major crisis for the US economy whereby it decreased by a huge significance because supplies weren't transported.

  • Alexander Graham Bell demonstration of the first telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell publicly demonstrates the telephone for the first time at the Lyceum in Salem, Massachusetts by placing a phone to the Boston Globe in Boston, Massachusetts in February 12, 1877.

  • Refrigerated rail road car

    Gustavo Swift along with engineer Andrew Chase develop the first ice cooled railcar. Swift then formed his company the Swift Refrigerator Line in 1880, to transport food supplies that needed to be cooled when being transported across the nation.

  • The first incandescent light bulb

    Thomas Edison demonstrates the first practical incandescent light bulb by lighting up a street in Menlo Park, New Jersey.

  • Light Bulb

    Thomas Alva Edison invented the still life of the first electric light bulb. He formed a company called Edison Electric Light Company, he manufactured light bulbs and other electrical goods.

  • The first Subway in the United States of America

    The first subway in the United States of America was open for business on September 1, 1897. This helped changed the industrial revolution whereby it reduced traffic congestion and blizzards.

  • The first fixed wing aircraft

    The Wright brothers made the first fixed-wing plane. These American brothers were credited with building the first successful fixed-wing aircraft and making the first controlled, powered, and heavier than air human flight on December 17, 1903. This was a big step to the industrial revolution in America because no man has flown in the sky with an aircraft.

  • Ford Motors

    Henry Ford was the first inventor to develop the first moving assembly line for the mass production of an entire automobile. The first automobile he invented was Model T; it revolutionized the transportation and American Industry. Without his invention automobiles would not have existed in America. Fun fact he became one of the richest and best-known people in the whole world.