Second Industrial Revolution

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The Second Industrial Revolution was a late 19th- to early 20th-century wave of rapid industrialization marked by advances in steel production, electricity, chemicals, and mass production techniques that transformed economies and societies worldwide.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period ⓘ
industrial revolution ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Technological Revolution ⓘ
endTime early 20th century ⓘ
fieldOfWork economic history ⓘ
history of technology ⓘ
industrialization ⓘ
follows First Industrial Revolution ⓘ
hasCause advances in scientific knowledge ⓘ
availability of capital ⓘ
expansion of railway networks ⓘ
growing global markets ⓘ
state support for industry ⓘ
hasEffect accelerated urban growth ⓘ
changes in gender roles ⓘ
environmental degradation ⓘ
global shift in industrial power toward the United States and Germany ⓘ
growth of middle class ⓘ
increased standard of living for many ⓘ
new forms of labor exploitation ⓘ
rise of industrial working class ⓘ
widening social inequalities ⓘ
hasKeyFeature development of modern communication networks ⓘ
development of modern transportation networks ⓘ
expansion of global trade ⓘ
growth of corporations ⓘ
growth of wage labor ⓘ
horizontal integration ⓘ
increased productivity ⓘ
intensified competition among industrial powers ⓘ
labor migration ⓘ
large-scale factory production ⓘ
new forms of imperialism ⓘ
professionalization of engineering ⓘ
rapid industrialization ⓘ
rise of big business ⓘ
rise of consumer culture ⓘ
rise of labor unions ⓘ
scientific research in industry ⓘ
urbanization ⓘ
vertical integration ⓘ
hasKeyIndustry automobile industry ⓘ
chemical industry ⓘ
electrical industry ⓘ
machine tool industry ⓘ
petroleum industry ⓘ
steel industry ⓘ
hasKeyTechnology Bessemer process ⓘ
artificial fertilizers ⓘ
assembly line ⓘ
electric lighting ⓘ
electric power generation ⓘ
electric streetcars ⓘ
internal combustion engine ⓘ
mass production techniques ⓘ
modern shipbuilding (steel hulls) ⓘ
open-hearth process ⓘ
radio (wireless telegraphy) ⓘ
refrigeration technology ⓘ
scientific management ⓘ
skyscrapers ⓘ
standardized interchangeable parts ⓘ
steel-framed construction ⓘ
subways ⓘ
synthetic dyes ⓘ
telegraph expansion ⓘ
telephone ⓘ
turbine technology ⓘ
influenced World War I industrial warfare ⓘ
environmental pollution patterns ⓘ
global economic integration ⓘ
labor legislation ⓘ
mass media development ⓘ
modern capitalist economies ⓘ
modern transportation systems ⓘ
modern urban life ⓘ
social reform movements ⓘ
mainRegion Germany ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
Western Europe ⓘ
partOf Industrial Revolution ⓘ
precededBy First Industrial Revolution ⓘ
startTime late 19th century ⓘ

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Industrial Revolution → followedBy → Second Industrial Revolution ⓘ
Victorian era → significantEvent → Industrial Revolution (later phase) ⓘ
linked to: Second Industrial Revolution
Second Industrial Revolution → alsoKnownAs → Technological Revolution ⓘ
linked to: Second Industrial Revolution
Belle Époque → influencedBy → Second Industrial Revolution ⓘ
scientific management → historicalContext → Second Industrial Revolution ⓘ
Niagara Falls AC power project → historicalPeriod → Second Industrial Revolution ⓘ
Third Industrial Revolution → follows → Second Industrial Revolution ⓘ
Great Northern Telegraph Company → foundedDuring → Second Industrial Revolution ⓘ
Rogers Locomotive Works → historicalPeriod → American Industrial Revolution ⓘ
linked to: Second Industrial Revolution
Brass Era of automobiles → historicalContext → Second Industrial Revolution ⓘ
Victorian scientific revolution → relatedTo → Second Industrial Revolution ⓘ
Chemische Fabrik Griesheim-Elektron → era → Second Industrial Revolution ⓘ
Bessemer steel works at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania → historicalContext → Second Industrial Revolution in the United States ⓘ
linked to: Second Industrial Revolution
Compagnie de Fives-Lille → era → Second Industrial Revolution ⓘ
Siemens-Schuckertwerke → historicalPeriod → Second Industrial Revolution ⓘ
AEG → era → Second Industrial Revolution ⓘ
Emil Rathenau → movement → Second Industrial Revolution ⓘ
Jeptha H. Wade → era → Industrial Revolution in the United States ⓘ
linked to: Second Industrial Revolution
Eugène Schneider → hasPartIn → French Second Industrial Revolution ⓘ
linked to: Second Industrial Revolution
Wood Mill (Lawrence, Massachusetts) → era → American Industrial Revolution (late phase) ⓘ
linked to: Second Industrial Revolution
Oskar von Miller → movement → Second Industrial Revolution ⓘ
Republic Iron and Steel Company → historicalContext → Second Industrial Revolution in the United States ⓘ
linked to: Second Industrial Revolution