Transcript Objective 7.04

Objective 7.04
Examine the impact of technological
changes on economic, social, and
cultural life in the United States
Wright Brothers
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Orville and Wilbur, 1st in flight, bicycle
shop owners
Airline Service
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1st commercial use of plane was for mail
delivery
Kodak Camera
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Camera developed by George Eastman,
Camera could be bought for $25 and film
could be developed and camera
reloaded for $10
Movie Camera
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Moving pictures made possible by
George Eastman and WK Dickson’s
celluloid film
Coca Cola
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Drink developed by a drug store clerk as
an energy drink and cure for headaches
Ford’s Innovations
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$5 day, assembly line, 8-10 hour
workday, workers as consumers
Electricity
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Developed for home use by people like
George Westinghouse and Thomas
Edison
Mail Order Catalogs
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Sears and Roebuck, Montgomery Ward
Skyscrapers
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Public amazement at tall buildings, made
possible by steel skeletons
Sewing Machine
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Made clothes making more economical,
invented by Elias Howe and perfected by
Isaac Singer
Quiz
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Electricity
Mail order catalogs
Kodak camera
Movie Camera
Wright Brothers
Ford’s Innovations:
Skyscrapers
Choose 4 SFI to define and
answer 1 of the
questions.
• What was the economic
and social impact of the
technological changes of
the Progressive Era?
• How was American
culture redefined during
the Progressive Era?
• Does society cause
government to change or
does government cause
society to change?