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Find 3 inventions that helped the Gilded Age grow into the Industrial Revolution. Explain the importance of each invention.
2007-04-16 16:58:36 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
1. Steam Engine
2. Steel Plows
3. The concept of Personal Liberty
2007-04-16 17:05:11 · answer #1 · answered by righteousjohnson 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1) Farm mechanisation/techniques, including crop rotation. Agricultural output increased, so the farm sector needed fewer workers.
2) Cotton spinning/weaving machines such as the well-known Spinning Jenny. These machines were combined with...
3) The steam engine... now unskilled labour, brought together in large factories, could produce huge volumes of an easily-traded product (fabric). Factories slowly replaced cottage-based, 'artisan' industries that required great skill.
You could also consider some left-field ideas like...
4) Macadamised roads: in the early 19th Century revived Roman road building techniques improved transportation and communication.
5) Canals did the same.
6) Sewers allowed people to live in cities without dying at such a high rate from disease.
2007-04-17 00:34:31 · answer #2 · answered by llordlloyd 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋