How did new inventions impact industry during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. Cyrus W. Field’s improvement on the transatlantic cable led to land and submarine cables linking communications between the United States and South America, Asia, Europe, and Asia, allowing businesses to expand and centralize.
2. Numerous inventions facilitated business transactions, such as the typewriter, stock ticker, cash register, calculating machine, and adding machine.
3. High-speed spindles, automatic looms, and electric sewing machines transformed the clothing industry, leading to ready-made clothing for the masses.
4. Gustavus F. Swift’s idea to set up “disassembly” factories for the meatpacking industry was later copied by Henry Ford when he set up his famous automobile assembly lines.
5. Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone dissolved communication barriers and, similar to the
transatlantic cable, enabled faster business communication around the globe.
6. Thomas Alva Edison’s innovations with electricity freed factories and cities from dependence on water power or coal.
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