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American History Chapter 14-4

American History Chapter 14-4. The Age of Invention. Transportation Improvements. Cities needed ways to transport people farther. Mass transit : Public transportation that move large numbers of people w/regular stops. Streetcars: Early ones were horse-drawn.

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American History Chapter 14-4

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  1. American History Chapter 14-4 The Age of Invention

  2. Transportation Improvements • Cities needed ways to transport people farther. • Mass transit: Public transportation that move large numbers of people w/regular stops. • Streetcars: Early ones were horse-drawn. • San Francisco built cable car lines powered by steam. • Quickly replaced with electric trolleys. • Subways: 1st subway built in Boston, Ma. 1897

  3. Subways

  4. Automobiles • German, Nikolaus Otto, invented the internal combustion engine, 1867. • 1893 Charles & Frank Duryea built the first practical motorcar in the U.S. • $2500 price tag made it for the wealthy only.

  5. Airplanes • 1903 Orville & Wilbur Wright accomplished the first true flight in an airplane. • Took place at Kitty Hawk, NC – lasted 12 seconds.

  6. Communications Improvements • Telegraph: Sent messages over wire via electricity. • Invented in 1837 by Samuel Morse. • Telephone: Transmitted voices via electricity. • 1st patented in 1876 by Alexander Graham Bell. • Typewriter: A writing machine. • Invented in 1867 by Christopher Sholes in Milwaukee, Wi. • Designed the QWERTY keyboard.

  7. Inventors & Their Machines Bell Morse Sholes

  8. Electricity • Thomas Edison: 1876 Opened a research lab in NJ. • “ Genius is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration.” • Failure was as valuable to Edison as success. • Invented an incandescent bulb. • Designed & produced all parts necessary for an electric network. • Designed and built his own electric plant.

  9. Put a spark in your life.

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