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Inventions Change the Nation

Alexander Graham Bell. Telephone – 1867 Many thought it was just a __________ - He tries to sell it to Western Union Telegraph Co. for $100,000 - ________________________________________(oops!) - Bell ends up making millions.

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Inventions Change the Nation

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  1. Alexander Graham Bell • Telephone – 1867 • Many thought it was just a __________ • - He tries to sell it to Western Union Telegraph Co. for $100,000 • - ________________________________________(oops!) • - Bell ends up making millions • _________________(helps orders & cross-country communication) within the U.S. • Communication across the _________________are HUGE! Cyrus Field – lays a cable under the ocean so telegraph messages can go back & forth b/w N. American & __________________ • - Forms Bell Telephone Co : _____________ • - No longer need to go to telegraph office -____________________communication • -Businesses can find best deal quickly • -Orders can be placed quickly • 1858 Queen Victoria sends first transatlantic message • _______________________________: across the Atlantic message to President James Buchanan in D.C. Inventions Change the Nation • Refrigerated Railroad Car • - Refrigeration to the meatpacking industry • Before: cattle, pigs, chickens raised/ sold locally (______________________________________) • - Meatpacking plant in Chicago • (hub ½ way between ____________ranches in West & _________________in the East) • - Cattle is shipped by ____________to Chicago • - Slaughtered & carved up into sides of beef then loaded onto refrigerated cars & carried to market • _____________________: • speeds communication • Lightweight • Cheap • Easy to use • Thomas Edison • -1876 – opens research lab in ____________________, NJ • -Set the goal of inventing something new every ___________ days • -”__________________________”– Edison’s approach of turning inventing into a system • “Genius is 1% inspiration & 99% perspiration” • Orville & Wilbur Wright (bike mechanics) • - 1903 – “______________________” in Kitty Hawk, NC • - 1908 U.S. military shows interest • Flight over battlefields (_______________________) • Gain enemy positions • _____ mph plane WOAH What were 3 of his inventions? _________________________________________________________ • Moving ___________________line: method of production by which workers stay in one place as products travel past on a moving belt • (positives): + more _____________, less skill needed, better __________________ • (negatives) - if one person messed up, __________________________________________ • BUT…prices dropped & people started buying them up • Men AND WOMEN can now drive!!!!….significance?

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