1. The Machine age New technology

2. The Machine Age
We are moving from a farming nation to an industrial nation.
Inventions and industry changed the way Americans lived, worked, and traveled.

3. Inventions and Change
Inventors improved earlier inventions and created new ones
The government gave out patents for invention
Patent- a government grant that allows the inventor to make, use, and sell an invention for a certain time

4. A Remarkable Inventor
His invention of the light bulb in 1879 changed the life in U.S. cities. Electric lights made people feel safe. Large buildings could be lighted with less danger for fire.
His inventions were created in his lab in Menlo Park, NJ. He soon became known as the Wizard of Menlo Park.

5. Some American Inventions, 1865-1893
George Pullman
Sholes, Glidden, Soule’
George Westinghouse
Elijah McCoy
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
James J. Ritty
George Eastman
John Loud
James Duryea
Railroad sleeping car, 1865
Typewriter 1868
Air brake 1868
Device that oils engines 1872
Telephone 1876
Phonograph 1877
Cash Register 1879
Easy to use camera
Ballpoint pen
Gas powered auto