The Impact of Technology
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Table of Contents
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"...From the 1780s until 1850, the leading industries and thus the cutting edge technologies were in textiles and iron. From the 1850s until 1914, other industries – such as steel, chemicals, and petroleum would then come to lead the way. All in all the Industrial Revolution was the Machine Age; it was an age of inventors, engineers, mechanics – who created new machines and were often well rewarded for their efforts..."
Key Innovations
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Key Terms
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Guided Viewing Questions
- What benefits does technology provide for humans?
- What sort of technological developments occurred prior to the modern era?
- How did the technological innovations of the long nineteenth century change how people lived?
- How were these innovations connected to the Industrial Revolution?