Transportation
1880 – 1920 Industrialism
Zhirtien Warmack
Nov. 17, 2014
QUESTIONS
- How did people travel short distances back then?
Horse and buggy/carriages- How did people travel far or long distances? Train
- What is the name of a boat that carries people or things?
Barge
- How did the railroad help build America?
- How much did a bike cost in the 1880’s? 6 months pay
- What year did Henry Ford make the Model N Ford? 1906
- How much did it cost? $600
- What year did the Wright brothers first fly, and which state?
1903, in North Carolina (NC)
During the time 1880’s through 1910
people traveled, how?
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Walk
Boat
Rode horses
Rode in carriages
Train
Bike
Cars
Airplane
Kind of boats
River boats,
canoes, steam
boats, and barges
“Barges” carry people and
things across water.
HORSE & BUGGY,
or CARRIAGE
Horse and buggy, or carriages,
were the most common way
to travel short distances.
Some people
rode horses.
Trains - Railroad
People rode trains to travel far. Trains helped build
America:
-The government hired men to build railroad tracks.
-Men and their families moved west as the railroad grew.
-Families needed stores, banks, and other things to help
support their life in new America.
BIKE (BICYCLES)
• The high-wheeled bike were popular in the
1880’s. Only rich people could buy them,
because back then, a bike cost 6-months pay.
CARS
In 1906, the “Model N Ford” cost $600.
A man earned 22 cents an hour/$200 to $400 each year.
Cars gave people freedom to travel easier.
AIRPLANE
Wilbur and Orville Wright were brothers.
They built and fixed bikes.
They dreamed of building a flying machine.
In 1903, they flew their first airplane in NC.
QUESTIONS?
• How did people travel short distances back
then?
Horse and buggy/ carriages
How did people travel far or long distances?
Train
What is the name of a boat that carries people
or thing?
Barge
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How did the railroad help build America?
The government hired men to build railroad tracks.
Men and their families moved west as the railroad grew.
Families needed stores, banks, and other things to help
support their life in new America.
How much did a bike cost in the 1880’s?
6 months pay
What year did Henry ford make the Model n ford?
1906
How much did it cost?
$600
What year did the Wright brothers first fly, and which
state?
1903, in North Carolina ( NC)
SOURCES
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www.merriam-webster.dictionary.carriage
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Funk & Wagnalls New Enclopedia, Volume 5, Publishers since 1876
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www.history.com/topics/inventions/wright-brothers
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www.manythings.org/voa/history/249.html
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Amhistory.si.edu/onthemove/themes/story_52_1.html
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2760060/
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www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/nmah/earlycars.htm
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http://airandspace.si/edu/exhibitions/wright-brothers/online/fly/1903
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www.pedaling.history.com/Phhistory.htm
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http://www.rense.com/general70/100yrs.htm
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lhttp://www.history.com/topics/automobiles