Second Industrial Revolution

E10487
historical period industrial revolution

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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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Second Industrial Revolution canonical 13
American Industrial Revolution 1
Industrial Revolution (later phase) 1

Statements (85)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period ⓘ
industrial revolution ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Second Industrial Revolution ⓘ
surface form: Technological Revolution
endTime early 20th century ⓘ
fieldOfWork economic history ⓘ
history of technology ⓘ
industrialization ⓘ
follows Industrial Revolution ⓘ
surface form: 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 of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Western Europe ⓘ
partOf Industrial Revolution ⓘ
precededBy Industrial Revolution ⓘ
surface form: First Industrial Revolution
startTime late 19th century ⓘ

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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
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- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
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Subject: Second Industrial Revolution
Description of subject: 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.

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Industrial Revolution → followedBy → Second Industrial Revolution ⓘ
Victorian era → significantEvent → Second Industrial Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Industrial Revolution (later phase)
Second Industrial Revolution → alsoKnownAs → Second Industrial Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Technological 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 → Second Industrial Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: American 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 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Industrial Revolution in the United States
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 → Second Industrial Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Industrial Revolution in the United States