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Industrialism and Inventions

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

INDUSTRIALISM AND INVENTIONS

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Industrial Power

  • By the 1920's America became the leading industrial power
  • The industrial boom of the 19th century

INDUSTRIAL BOOM

  • a wealth of natural resources
  • government support for business
  • growing urban population
  • need for technology

Technological explosion

  • 1826-1903
  • inventions promote change

ELECTRCITY

  • 1876
  • Thomas Edison
  • new face to business
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TYPEWRITER

  • 1867
  • Christopher Sholes
  • affected office work and created new jobs for women
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TELEPHONE

  • 1876
  • Alexander Graham Bell
  • Thomas Watson
  • opened the way for a worldwide
  • communications network

RAILROADS

  • national network
  • romance and reality
  • railroad time