Inventions Change the Nation
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 What was vital to growing American businesses? | better communication |
| What invention speeded up communication within the United States? | the telegraph |
| What did Cyrus field do? | he laid a cable down on the floor of the ocean so that messages from Europe could get to America and vise versa |
| What does transatlantic mean? | across the Atlantic |
| Who sent the first transatlantic message to President James Buchanan in Washington, D.C.? | Queen Victoria |
| What did Alexander Graham Bell invent? | the telephone |
| What were the first words spoken on the telephone? | "Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you." -Alexander Graham Bell |
| What company did Alexander Graham Bell form? Why? | The Bell Telophone Company. He invented it because other companies would not buy his invention. |
| Who is the "Wizard of Menlo Park? | Thomas Edison |
| Name some of Thomas Edison's inventions? | the lightbulb, the phonograph, an early version of a movie projector |
| Name one of Edison's most important creations that took place in New York City in 1882? | the electric power plant |
| How did the electric power plant affect the country? | people could turn on lights with the flip of a switch. factories switched their power source to electric, and electricty lighted countless homes |
| How did Gustavus Swift transform the American diet? | he invented the refridgerator, which could keep meat from spoiling. it was able to be shipped now. |
| What did George Eastman introduce to the American public in 1888. | a lightweight Kodak camera |
| What type device did Elijah McCoy create in 1872? | a device that oiled machines automatically |
| Who invented a machine that could perform almost all the steps in shoemaking that had previously been done by hand? | Jan Matzeliger |
| Who was responsible for making the auto part of everyday American life? | Henry Ford |
| What was the moving assembly line? | a conveyor belt |
| What is mass production? | Making large quantities of a product quickly and cheaply |
| What was the first reaction to the car by many Americans? | many laughed and thought it was ridiculous, and others thought it was dangerous |
| About how many cars were owned by people in 1890? By 1917? | 8000, then 4.5 million |
| Who are Orville and Wilbur Wright? | brothers who invented the plane |
| When and where was the first "flying machine" tested? | December 17, 1903; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina |
| Who was the first group of people who saw the need for the airplane? | the military |
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