1. Age of Invention Chapter 19 Section 2

2. Communication Samuel Morse invented The Telegraph-People could send messages instantly. Cyrus Field- telegraph wire from U.S. to Europe. People could communicate across the Atlantic Ocean.

3. Communication Alexander Graham Bell invented The telephone-People could speak across great distances. In the beginning mainly used in businesses. Eventually people would have telephones in their homes.

4. Communication Inventions Telegraph Bell’s Telephone Edison’s Motion Picture Camera George Eastman, Kodak Camera

5. Transportation Henry Ford invented The automobile The automobile allowed people to travel great distances and changed where and how people lived. Ford introduced the assembly line, it led other businesses to follow and made manufacturing easier. It also led to lower prices for consumers.

6. Transportation Henry Ford’s Model T

7. Mail Order Catalogs Sears Roebuck People in rural areas were able to purchase items, from sinks to shoes, through the mail. This made shopping easy for people who did not have access to big stores.

8. Sears and Roebuck Sears Catalog 1905 You could order a car from the Sears catalog, or stylish clothes, even a bonnet.

9. Sears Catalog How about a small house. Even a stove to place in your small house. The Sears Catalog had it all !!!!!!!!!!

10. Thomas Edison Edison invented The phonograph, the motion picture camera, electric voting machine, stock ticker, electric pen and over 1300 patented devices. His most important invention was the light bulb.

11. Thomas Edison’s Inventions Vote Recorder Phonograph Light Bulb Later phonograph

12. Edison’s inventions Stock Ticker Storage Battery Motion Picture Camera Electric Pen