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Brainstorm: List the technology
that made it easier for you than
someone who might have made
this same trip 100 years ago.
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NOTES:
EARLY AMERICAN
INVENTIONS
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Workers from the
Rural
Electrification
Administration
putting in a pole,
Brown County,
Kansas. This was
the first rural
electrical line in
Kansas. (1938)
REVIEW: HOW DID INDUSTRIALIZATION AND
THE RISE OF BIG BUSINESS INFLUENCE LIFE
ON FARMS AND IN CITIES?
 300,000
are
sold in 1913…
by 1924 there
is a Model T
built every
24 seconds!!!
 On
December
17, 1903
brothers,
Orville and
Wilber Wright,
will make the
first successful
powered flight.
An Original
Edison Bulb
and
Link: How a “switch board works
Link: How to use a rotary
Radio:
The Broadcast
Industry
 David
Sarnoff
Broadcast:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk
k6_OF0UPU
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
F3gjRDzss0M
EARLY AMERICAN
INVENTIONS OF THE
GILDED AGE
2. Invention: Automobile
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Inventor(s) Name(s):
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Year the Invention was created and/or
patented:
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Henry Ford
Model T invented and patented --1903
2 interesting facts about the invention:
Ford could produce large quantities
quickly and inexpensively.
 First affordable car.
 Model –T and movable parts Assembly
Line improved in 1908.
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Impact on society:
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Jobs, Mobility, Travel, & created the modern
suburb.
3. Invention:
Telephone
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Inventor(s) Name(s):
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Alexander Graham Bell
Year the Invention was created and/or
patented:
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1876 (patented the same year)
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2 interesting facts about the invention:
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Wanted people to say “Ahoy” not “Hello.”
 Marked the end of the telegraphy.
Impact on society:
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 Revolutionized
communication (instantaneous
communication).
 New
Industry (ex: AT&T), jobs, socializing.
4. Invention:
Radio
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Inventor(s) Name(s):
- Guglielmo Marconi
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Year the Invention was created
and/or patented:
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2 interesting facts about the
invention:
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Invented -1895
David Sarnoff created NBC. (1st
broadcasting company.
Impact on society:
 Changed our lives by improving
entertainment, information, &
news.
5. Invention: Movies
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Inventor(s) Name(s):
- Thomas Edison
(first commercially successful
projector).
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Year the Invention was created and/or
patented:
William Lincoln :1867
George Eastman: 1882
Auguste & Louis Lumiere :1895
 Edison: 1896 (his version was patented)
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Auguste & Louis Lumiere
2 interesting facts about the invention:
First talking movie ever filmed was the
“Jazz Singer.”
 Animated pictures were first created
using a devise called the “wheel of life.”
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Impact on society:
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News entertainment, job, created
celebrities.
Edison
ELECTRIFICATION
AND LABORSAVING
INVENTIONS
6. Invention:
Washing Machine
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Inventor(s) Name(s):
 Hamilton Smith
 William Blackstone
 Otto Warburg
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Year the Invention was created and/or
patented:
 Invented 1858: Hamilton Smith
 Invented 1874: William Blackstone
 Otto Warburg: 1908 (The “Thor”)
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2 interesting facts about the invention:
 1797 the “washing board” sparked the idea
for this invention
 Fast and efficient way to clean clothes.
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Impact on society:
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Created the soap industry and additional leisure
time.
7. Invention:
Electric Stove
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Inventor(s) Name(s):
- Thomas Ahearn
- Lloyd Copeman
Year the Invention was created
and/or patented:
 -1882: Thomas Ahearn stove invented (only used
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first patent for an electric oven.
2 interesting facts about the invention:
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in 1 Canadian hotel)
On June 30, 1896 William Hadaway was issued the
Thick metal coils get hot- this is what is used to
cook.
In homes by the 1930s (towns had to have
electricity first).
Impact on society:
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Created jobs, cooking ease, additional
leisure time and safety.
8. Invention:
Water Pumps
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Inventor(s) Name(s):
- John G. Appold
Year the Invention was created and/or
patented:
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Year credited for invention - 1851
2 interesting facts about the invention:
First brought into the home in the late 1800s.
 Provides running water to use inside the home.
 -Hydro Power: provides electricity.
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Impact on society:
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Access to water, electric motors replaced water
wheels, running water in homes and businesses.
9. Invention:
Electric Lighting
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Inventor(s) Name(s):
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Year the Invention was created and/or
patented:
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Thomas Edison
Patented on January 27, 1880.
2 interesting facts about the invention:
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In 1915 electric wiring is strung.
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In the 1920s people change from gas to
electric lighting which is safer.
Impact on society:
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Provided light after the sun set and
increased work hours.
Improved safety.
MORE INVENTIONS
OF THE GILDED AGE
 Inventor(s)
Name(s): Thomas Alva
Edison
 Year
the Invention was created and/or
patented:
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2
Invented 1877; Patented 1878
interesting facts about the invention:
Recorded music, speeches, sound on
cylinders.
 Lead to inventions such as CD’s & Ipods.
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Invention:
Refrigerators
 Inventor(s)
Name(s):
-Carl Paul Gottfried von Linde
 Year
the Invention was
created and/or patented:
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1877
2
interesting facts about the
invention:
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First small fringe cost $25.
Food could last longer.
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Note :
Henry Ford:
Play “America: The Story of Us” from… “Boom”
 10:50 to 17: 30
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The Great Migration:
Note : Play “America: The Story of Us” from…
“Boom”
 26:00- 33:00
Prohibition:
 33:00- 46
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