| A | B |
|---|
| First Industrial Revolution | period from mid 1700's to 1850 where many technological advances were made |
| Steam Engine | invented by Scottish engineer James Watt; steam was now used to manufacture things that used to be manufactured using man-power |
| Powered Loom | a machine that makes cloth out of thread; made cloth much faster than any person could |
| Cotton Gin | invented by Eli Whitney; picked seeds out of cotton much faster than it could be done by hand |
| Second Industrial Revolution | lead by the US, occurred in the late 1800's; brought about the railroad, telephone, telegraph and steam ship - making it easier to transport goods and information |
| Electricity | a cheaper, more powerful power source than the steam engine |
| Middle Class | a new society that was born during second revolution |
| Oil Wells | the US drilled lots of oil during the second revolution; changing the US and much of Europe from farming societies to industrial societies |
