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  2. Second Industrial Revolution - Wikipedia

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    The Second Industrial Revolution was a period of rapid industrial development, primarily in the United Kingdom, Germany, and the United States, but also in France, the Low Countries, Italy and Japan. It followed on from the First Industrial Revolution that began in Britain in the late 18th century that then spread throughout Western Europe.

  3. Industrial revolutions - Wikipedia

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    Various technological revolutions have been defined as successors of the original Industrial Revolution. The sequence includes: The first Industrial Revolution; The Second Industrial Revolution, also known as the Technological Revolution; The Third Industrial Revolution, better known as the Digital Revolution; The Fourth Industrial Revolution

  4. Timeline of historic inventions - Wikipedia

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    The timeline of historic inventions is a chronological list of particularly ... First Industrial Revolution; Standardization; Second Industrial Revolution; Machine Age;

  5. Industrial Revolution - Wikipedia

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    The Industrial Revolution, sometimes divided into the First Industrial Revolution and Second Industrial Revolution, was a period of global transition of the human economy towards more widespread, efficient and stable manufacturing processes that succeeded the Agricultural Revolution.

  6. Industrial Revolution in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Industrial Revolution altered the U.S. economy and set the stage for the United States to dominate technological change and growth in the Second Industrial Revolution and the Gilded Age. [28] The Industrial Revolution also saw a decrease in labor shortages which had characterized the U.S. economy through its early years. [29]

  7. List of time periods - Wikipedia

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    Scientific Revolution (Europe, 18th century) Long nineteenth century (1789–1914) Georgian era (the United Kingdom, 1714–1830) Industrial Revolution (Europe, United States, and elsewhere 18th and 19th centuries, though with its beginnings in Britain) Age of European colonialism and imperialism; Romantic era (1770–1850) Napoleonic era (1799 ...

  8. History of the United States (1865–1917) - Wikipedia

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    Where the First Industrial Revolution shifted production from artisans to factories, the Second Industrial Revolution pioneered an expansion in organization, coordination, and the scale of industry, spurred on by technology and transportation advancements. Railroads opened the West, creating farms, towns, and markets where none had existed.

  9. List of economic expansions in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Inflation was under control by the mid-1980s. Influenced by low and stable oil prices in combination with a steep rise in private investment and rising incomes, the economy entered what was at the time the second longest peacetime economic expansion in U.S. history. [4] [5] Mar 1991– Mar 2001 120 +2.0% +3.6%