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James Watt
James Watt was a Scottish inventor. He invented his Watt steam engine in 1776 which was fundamental to the changes in the industrial revolution -
George Stephenson
George Stephenson was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer. In 1814 Stephenson built his first locomotive and in 1815 he invented a safety lamp for people working in coalmines. -
Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin which was used to remove seeds from cotton way faster than by hand. -
Interchangeable Parts
Eli Whitney used interchangeable parts to assemble muskets in the first years of the 19th century. -
Communism
Communism came from the socialist movement.Socialist critics blamed capitalism for the misery of the proletariat. -
Utilitarianism
Utilitarianism were those who benefited from the industrial revolution. They believed it was alright if the lower classes had less than them as long as they where making money. -
Social Democracy
The idea of social democracy was to move away from capitalism and base it ore on socialism. -
Social Darwinsim
Social Darwinism believed in the survival of the fittest. They where powerful people that already started off better than everyone else. -
Socialism
Socialism arose because of the consequences of the industrial revolution. People were treated unfairly and and had less than what they hoped for -
Alfred Nobel
Alfred Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman, and philanthropist. Nobel invented dynamite and patented it in 1867 -
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison was an American inventor and businessman. He had a lot inventions that contributed to the industrial revolution. He invented a incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, and the motion picture camera. -
Gulglielmo Marconi
Gulglielmo Marconi was an Italian inventor that invented the wireless telegraph in 1896. In 1901 it broadcasted the first transatlantic radio signal -
Airplane
The Wright brothers successfully flew the first airplane in 1903 for 59 seconds at 852 feet. -
Automobile
Henry Ford invented the automobile for mass audiences in 1908.
The automobile was significant because it gave people more freedom and opportunity. -
Assembly Line
Henry Ford installed the first moving assembly line for the production of his automobile the model T.
