Bell Ringer• Using your composition book:• think about a time when you went on

vacation or travelled out of town.

– How did you get there?– What did you do?– Where did you eat?– What form(s) of communication did you use?

Brainstorm: List the technology that made these events easier for you than someone who might have made this same trip 100 years ago.

100 years ago versus today

Who are these inventors???1

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NOTES: Early American

Inventions

Four major changes to American society

included…• Factory and labor

productivity.• Transportation

(including the use of the automobile).

• Communication.• Rural electrification.

Technology extended progress into all areas of American life, including neglected rural areas.

Rise of mechanization helped industries all over the united States to grow.

INVENTIONS THAT IMPROVED TRANSPORTION

• Henry Ford did not invent the

assembly line…he improved it (he gets the credit).

Henry Ford and the use of the assembly line:

• Henry Ford’s Model T

will be the U.S.’s first affordable automobile.

He calls it the “Everyman’s Car.”

Results of improved transportation brought about by

affordable automobiles:• Greater mobility.• Creation of jobs.• Growth of

transportation-related industries such as…– Road Construction, Oil,

Steel, Automobiles.• Movement from urban

to suburban areas.

Invention of the

Airplane:• On December

17, 1903 brothers, Orville

and Wilber Wright, (the

Wright Brothers) will make the

first successful powered flight.

Thomas Alva Edison “invented”

the light bulb and

mechanical uses of

electricity.

1. Electric lighting.

2. Provided Entertainment

•Development of movies (motion pictures)

Though many people will construct different types of projectors which produce moving pictures, Thomas Edison will invent the first “commercially successful” projector in 1896.

3. Improved Communication

• Increased availability of telephones. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, improving communication.

• .

Development of the radio and broadcast industry

Guglielmo Marconi invents the radio

David Sarnoff created first broadcasting station

Development of the movies (motion pictures).

• Also goes under communication as well as entertainment because of newsreels

• News played at the beginning of movies

4. Created Labor-saving products that made life easier.

Many inventions improved the lives of families and saved time

such as the refrigerator, washing machine, water pump for running water, toaster, and

electric stove.