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Industrial Revolution
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History
8th Grade
04/10/2013

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Second Industrial Revolution
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A period of rapid growth in manufacturing and industry in the late 1800s
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Raw Materials
Definition
Material before being manufactured or processed into final form
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Infrastructure
Definition
The basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.
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Bessemer process
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A process developed in the 1850s that led to faster cheaper steel production
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Light Bulb
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In 1879 Tomas Edison created a durable light bulb
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Telephone
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In 1876 Alexander Graham Bell created the telephone
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Interchangeable Parts
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A part on a machine that can be taken out and replaced so you don’t have to replace the whole machine you only replace the part
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Assembly Line
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A series of workers and machines in a factory by which a succession of identical items is progressively assembled.
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