A Technological Revolution Chapter 13 Section 1

Warm Up Activity  In your notes, brainstorm wide range of changes resulting from the invention of the computer. Computers ??

Objective: Analyze the effects of the advancements in technology on Post-Civil War America.

Changes in Daily Life  Daily Life in 1865  Long distance Communication 

Changes in Daily Life  Investing in Technology  Increasing number of ________  : 36,000  : 500,000  Investment in Inventions  Expanding ________  High standard of _______  Increasing Industrial ___________

New Forms of Energy ______ –Drilling for ____ Edwin L. Drake –Crude Oil to __________ _______ seen as a waste product Electricity –________ ______ Affordable electric lighting –Central Power Station

Influence of Electricity Electricity sparked invention –George ____________ Alternating current vs. direct current ____________ Electric Companies –General Electric –Westinghouse Electric

Influence of Electricity Electricity and Daily Life –Improve ____________ Electric sewing machine –Home _____________ Refrigerators –What difference would these innovations have on society? Inequality of Electricity –_______ ________ with no electricity –________ ________ could not afford ___________

Advances in Communication Telegraph –Samuel F.B. ________ Perfected the Telegraph _______ ______ message, 1844 –Western Union Telegraph Company Telephone –___________ ________ ______ American Telephone and Telegraph Company

National Network: The Railroad Early US Trains –Before: Short distance tracks  transfer delays Dangerous  no national ________for signals, poor train _______ The _____________ Railroad –The _______ Pacific Railroad and The _____ Pacific Railroad –Government involvement

The Transcontinental Railroad Workers –Mostly __________ The ________ The _______ Completion –____ years –1869: __________ Summit, Utah

Influence of the Railroad __________ with the Railroad –Noisy, dirty and ___________ –Distrusted by many Improvements and Expansion –______ Rails –Standardized ________ –Improved ________ –Led to development of towns

Influence of the Railroad ______ Zones –____ standard _____ zones Ease scheduling –Benefited Passengers and Businesses _______ rates for shipping Industry –Faster/Practical way of ________ goods –Lower cost of __________ –Creation of ________ markets –Model for Big Business –___________ of other industries

The Bessemer Process Henry Bessemer and _______ ______ –New process for making ____ –Bessemer process: cheaper way to remove _________ from iron –Mass Production of steel Results –New age of building –The _______ _______

In Review Why did the people’s daily lives change in the decades following the Civil War? How did advances in electric power and communication affect life for people and businesses? What effects did the development of railroads have on industrial growth? What was the impact of the Bessemer process on American culture?