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