First Industrial Revolution compare/contrast with Second Industrial Revolution?

Question

Could anyone help me with characteristics that make the First and Second Industrial Revolution similar and different?

I know that the second industrial revolution (or second phase of the industrial revolution) utilized electricity and inventions made

Could anyone help with similarities/differences, other than electricity?

Answer 1

I would disregard Jack's previous answer. He is off on his facts and time frame. Here is the answer from a real historian:

First Industrial Revolution (1790s-1840s)
1. Common sources of power included wind, horse, man, and water.
2. Marked the change from the home system to the factory system
3. Started by Eli Whitney, Samuel Slater, and others who developed simple machines and factories to create fabric, and machine parts.
4. Confined to New England because New England had mountains, which offered waterfalls, which offered power.
5. Pulled women off the famrs to work in factories, the most famous of which was that located in Lowell, Massachusetts (started by Francis Lowell)
6. Helped lead to the Second Great Awakening in which reformers attempted to reform society of the evils this interest in marketing and money created. Women, children, slaves, and immigrants were helped by reformist causes at this time


Second Industrial Revolution (1870-1910)
1. Started as a result of the increased demand for goods following the Civil War with the rebuilding of the South, the building of the railroads west, and the move off the farm to the cities in the north
2. Involved gasoline-powered motors and electrical-powered engines and turbines.
3. FACTORIES now took the place of small shops with one or two machines. Now the workers had to adapt to the factory and not the factory adapt to the worker
4. Led by John C. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, Cornelius Vanderbilt, J.P. Morgan, and Thomas A. Edison.
5. Thanks to the electric light now factories could stay open for 24 hours if necessary to pump out an endless stream of goods.
6. Led to the age of overseas imperialism and expansion as America needed larger and larger markets in which to sell these goods and FROM which to extrace the raw materials necessary to power these growing factories
7. Led to the Progressive Movement in which reformers attempted to clean up the evils brought on by the thirst for wealth and power generated by the above-mentioned 'robber-barons.'


And that is an historically accurate answer.

Answer 2

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the Industrial Revolution was a major shift of technological, socioeconomic, and cultural conditions in the late 18th century and early 19th century. It began in Britain and spread throughout the world. During that time, an economy based on manual labour was replaced by one dominated by industry and the manufacture of machinery. It began with the mechanisation of the textile industries, the development of iron-making techniques and the increased use of refined coal. Trade expansion was enabled by the introduction of canals, improved roads and railways. The introduction of steam power (fuelled primarily by coal) and powered machinery (mainly in textile manufacturing) underpinned the dramatic increases in production capacity.[1] The development of all-metal machine tools in the first two decades of the 19th century facilitated the manufacture of more production machines for manufacturing in other industries. The period of time covered by the Industrial Revolution varies with different historians. Eric Hobsbawm held that it 'broke out' in the 1780s and was not fully felt until the 1830s or 1840s,[2] while T. S. Ashton held that it occurred roughly between 1760 and 1830.[3] The effects spread throughout Western Europe and North America during the 19th century, eventually affecting most of the world. The impact of this change on society was enormous.[4] The first Industrial Revolution merged into the Second Industrial Revolution around 1850, when technological and economic progress gained momentum with the development of steam-powered ships, railways, and later in the nineteenth century with the internal combustion engine and electrical power generation. It has been argued that GDP per capita was much more stable and progressed at a much slower rate until the Industrial Revolution and the emergence of the modern capitalist economy, and that it has since increased rapidly in capitalist countries.[5] Some twentieth century historians such as John Clapham and Nicholas Crafts have argued that the process of economic and social change took place gradually and the term revolution is not a true description of what took place. This is still a subject of debate amongst historians.

Answer 3

2nd Industrial Revolution

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First Industrial Revolution compare/contrast with Second Industrial Revolution?
Could anyone help me with characteristics that make the First and Second Industrial Revolution similar and different?

I know that the second industrial revolution (or second phase of the industrial revolution) utilized electricity and inventions made

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Answer 5

One big leap was in the way products were made. We went from skilled labor to unskilled labor. Today, we are making a leap from unskilled labor to very few skilled laborers and automated technology. In essence, we are going back to the old ways. It took skilled laborers much time to make a car. Then, it took many unskilled laborers little time to make many cars on the assembly line. Now today, it takes few skilled laborers little time using automated machines and robots to make lots of products. Robots build while technicians maintain and monitor lots of systems. Unskilled labor is being pushed aside.
I hope this point of view helps.

Sorry. Different people categorize information differently. Some say the we are still in the Industrial Revolution. Others argue that we are in a computer/technology driven revolution. Still others argue regarding the differences in computer technology. You are going to have to rely heavily on your instructor's expectations. Anything I give would not be wrong; but it might not fit what your instructor expects.
There have been huge leaps in medical technology, computers, software development, agriculture, and war. By comparison, the leaps we have seen in the past 15 years are as great as the leaps we saw in the 1930's and 40's over their past. You could say that the Industrial Revolution is the version of the "stone age".