The Age of Invention The Main Idea Important innovations in transportation and communication occurred during the Second Industrial Revolution. Reading Focus What advances in transportation were made in the late 1800s? What inventions led to a communications revolution? How did Thomas Edison help shape the modern world?

Advances in Transportation _________________ were horse-drawn vehicles placed on rails on the street to make the ride smoother. You saw this in the video ____________ developed as a result of increased traffic from ____________ and __________ competing for space. ____________ built the first subway line in 1897, with _________________ following in 1904.

Advances in Transportation ___________________ —inventors were experimenting with vehicles for personal use as well. A breakthrough came with the invention of the ______________ ______________ ______________ in ______________ —Ohio bicycle makers Wilbur and Orville ______________ were the first to successfully fly an airplane–for 12 seconds in They followed this success with even longer flights.

Communications Revolution The telegraph ______________ patented his method of communicating by sending messages over ______________ with electricity, calling it the ______________. Operators ______________ out patterns of long and short messages that stood for letters of the alphabet. The system was known as ______________ ______________. After the Civil War, the ______________ grew with the ______________. The telephone _________ ________ ______ patented his device hours before his competitor, and he gets the credit for the invention of the telephone in ______________ found the telephone to be an essential business tool. By 1900, more than ______________ telephones had been installed across the nation.

The Typewriter Inventors in many nations made attempts to create a ______________ ______________. Christopher Latham ______________, a Milwaukee printer, developed the first practical typewriter in He later improved upon his machine by designing the ______________ keyboard, still the standard on keyboards today. The typewriter could produce ______________ documents very quickly. Businesses began to hire ______________ as typists to manage company correspondence.

Thomas Edison Obsessed with ______________ –In 1886, he opened his own research laboratory in __________ __________, ____. Hard work –Edison said, “Genius is ______________ inspiration, 99 percent ______________.” Edison became known as the ____________ of Menlo Park. Electric lighting –Edison developed the ______________ electric lighting. With the ______________ bulb came the need for widely available electricity. Edison would bring electricity to ______________, designing and producing all of the parts necessary for an electricity network. –Over his lifetime, Edison earned over 1,000 U.S. patents.