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The Age of Innovation and Industry

The Age of Innovation and Industry. I. The United States Shifts in the late 1800’s. Becomes Industrialized More people begin living in cities . Homes illuminated by electric lights. Electric refrigerators for fresh food. Ability to send news instantly by telegraph or telephone.

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The Age of Innovation and Industry

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  1. The Age of Innovation and Industry I

  2. The United States Shifts in the late 1800’s • Becomes Industrialized • More people begin living in cities. • Homes illuminated by electric lights. • Electric refrigerators for fresh food. • Ability to send news instantly by telegraph or telephone. • Starts largely agricultural • Majority of people live in rural areas. • Light homes with candles and lamps • Keep fresh food in iceboxes • Wait a month or more for a letter to cross the country

  3. Investing in new technologies • Investors (individuals or companies) were willing to fund the development of new products. • Without financial backing, some inventions may never have been built at all. • Willingness to risk money on new businesses is a main feature of capitalism. • Capitalism: an economic system in which factories, equipment, and other means of production are privately owned.

  4. Thomas Edison and the Electric Light bulb • Convinced he could make a practical light bulb that could be used anywhere. • Tried thousand of materials before he was successful in 1879. • Carbonized bamboo fibers that burned without melting. • Edison received financial support ($$$) from a group of wealthy bankers to continue his work in expanding electricity. They formed the Edison Electric Light Company

  5. Electricity Lights Up America • Edison and his team begin working on the components to create a complete electric lighting system. In order to distribute electricity they designed… • Generators, meters, and cables • Access to electricity had a huge impact on American industry. • Businesses could stay open longer/Workers have even longer hours. • Factories could run through the night • New appliances could be plugged in • Power companies build stations mainly in the cities.

  6. Partner Work • Make a list with your partner of all the things in your house that require electricity? • Discuss How does electricity make your life easier?

  7. Alexander graham Bell and the telephone • Spent twelve years trying to send speech over wires. • Succeeded in 1876 • His invention attracted financial support ($$$) He founded the Bell Telephone Company. • First commercial telephone line strung in Boston.

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