We already knew the men who guide the process of industrialization in U.S. economic history, but we need to explore and examine the truth of technology of industrialization in American history such as the entire iron and steel industry. The industrialization applied to the social and economic changes that mark the transition from a stable agricultural and commercial society to a modern industrial society because of using complex machinery rather than tools. Industrialization effected changes in some parts such as economic, political, and social organization. These effects increased international trade; political changes because of the shift in economic power; sweeping social changes that included the rise of working-class movements, the development of managerial hierarchies to manage the division of labor; and the emergence of new patterns of authority and corporation.
The Second Industrial Revolution developed within the chemical, electrical, petroleum, and steel industries from 1871 to 1914. ¡§The second phase of the industrial revolution was about the internal combustion engine and electrical motors and generators.¡¨ (http://www.answers.com) The second industrial revolution is also named the second phase of the Industrial Revolution, from this period, you can see the growth of railways and steam ships from the investor such as Bessemer and Siemens. Bessemer invented the process of steel making in the decades preceding 1871.
Technological changes included the use of iron and steel, new energy sources began in England in the 18th century. For the age of industrialization that machinery requires steel. ¡§The invention of machinery brought some benefits such as increased production (including the steam engine and the spinning jenny), the development of the factory system, and important developments in transportation and communication (including the railroad and the telegraph)¡¨(http://www.answers.com).
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