1. Inventions Chap. 19 Sec. 2

2. Changed in Communication  Due to the vast distance people could now travel a need to stay connected developed.  The Telegraph- Samuel Morse created it in 1844. by 1860 telegraph wire all around U.S. and even Europe.  Used Morse code to communicate.  Controlled by Western Union Telegraph

3. Telephone  Alexander Graham Bell- wanted to be able to have “voice” travel through the wire.  In 1876 created the first telephone

4. Many New Inventions  Business Invention- Christopher Sholes- typewriter 1868 typewriter 1868 William Burroughs- William Burroughs- adding machine adding machine  Lifestyle inventions- George Eastman- Kodak Camera 1888 Kodak Camera 1888 John Thurman- John Thurman- Vacuum cleaner 1899 Vacuum cleaner 1899

5. The Light Bulb  Thomas Edison- created a workshop in Menlo Park New Jersey.  First invented the phonograph, motion picture projector, telephone transmitter, and the storage battery.  In 1879 developed the first workable light bulb. Then a power plant that could distribute power to the bulb.

6. George Westinghouse  George Westinghouse took Edison’s invention a set further.  In 1885 develops transformers to send power more efficiently and over greater distances.

7. African American Inventors  Lewis Howard Latimeri improved filament for light bulbs  Granville Woods- many electrical invention and railroad improvements.  Elijah McCoy- machine for oiling machinery  Jan E. Matzeliger- shoe making machine

8. Henry Ford  1908 Henry Ford revels the Model T- first long lasting cars.  With this invention he also creates a factory that uses assembly lines to mass produce the car.

9. Need a place to Sell the goods  With so many new inventions and goods being created, they was a demand for a place to by all these goods.  New store are created to sell them;  Montgomery Wards, Sears, Roebuck, and Woolworths were all created.