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QUIZ #5. Who was the Indian leader at the Battle of Little Bighorn and who was the American soldier’s leader? Why was the Massacre at Wounded Knee a shock to the American people? What did the Homestead Act do? What was the purpose of the Morrill Act?
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QUIZ #5 • Who was the Indian leader at the Battle of Little Bighorn and who was the American soldier’s leader? • Why was the Massacre at Wounded Knee a shock to the American people? • What did the Homestead Act do? • What was the purpose of the Morrill Act? • Name one of the two things that brought about the end of the cattle boom. • What mineral was hydraulic and hard-rock mining used for?
1. What do you think is the greatest invention of all time? Why?2. If you could invent anything what would it be? Write a paragraph explaining your new invention.
Life in the 1800s • Months to hear from friends/family in Europe • No ice/refrigeration (ice ponds/saw dust) • No indoor lighting/electricity • No indoor plumbing
Patent and Trademark Office • 1790-1860: issued 36,000 patents • Patents: licenses that give an inventor the exclusive right to make, use, sell, an invention for a set period of time • 1860-1890: 500,000 patents • By 1900 America was among the countries with the highest standard of living in the world
Energy • Discover drilling for oil is profitable • 1880: Thomas Edison invented the light bulb • General Electric and Westinghouse Electric, two companies spread the use of electricity • Electricity more efficient and less expensive • With electricity cost of production decreased • Electricity allows the invention of new products – refrigerator • Access to electricity still wasn’t available to many, especially rural Americans
Communication • Samuel F. B. Morse perfects the telegraph • 1876: Alexander Graham Bell invents the “talking telegraph” – telephone • President Rutherford B. Hayes puts the first telephone in the Whitehouse • By 1900: 1.5 million telephones in use • Use switchboards to connect all the lines
Railroads • Pre-Civil War railroads • No standard width, each train could only run on certain tracks • Move goods/passengers from train to train • No standard system for signals • Trains brakes were unreliable
- Railroad extending from coast to coast • Private investors did not want to pay for the completion of the railroads • Federal government provided financial backing • Two major companies: Central Pacific worked east while the Union Pacific worked west • Workers for Union Pacific – Irish immigrants • Workers for Central Pacific – Chinese immigrants
Promontory Point • May 10th, 1869: Promontory Summit • the “Golden Spike”
Expansion of the Railroad • Development of steel, used steel rails rather than iron (stronger) • Standardized tracks and signals • Improved brake system • Created time zones, to improve scheduling, used to be called “railroad time”, now is referred to as “standard time”
Revolutionizing Business and Industry • Faster and more practical means of transporting goods • Lower costs of production • Creation of national markets (lower costs and higher speeds allow businesses to sell products nationwide) • Model for big business • Stimulation of other industries (ex. Steel industry)