EARLY AMERICAN

INVENTIONS OF THE GILDED

AGE

INVENTIONS THAT

IMPROVED TRANSPORTA

TION

1. Invention: Airplane Inventor(s) Name(s):

Orville and Wilber Wright

Year the Invention was created and/or patented: Dec. 17, 1903 (Patented in March

1903)

Interesting fact about the invention: Very important in the 1st and 2nd

World Wars. Impact on society:

Travel long distances quicker. Created a new industry.

2. Invention: Automobile

Inventor(s) Name(s): Henry Ford

Year the Invention was created and/or patented: Model T invented and patented --1903

Interesting facts about the invention: Ford could produce large quantities

quickly and inexpensively. First affordable car. Model –T and movable parts Assembly

Line improved in 1908.

Impact on society:Created the modern suburb. Increased jobs, mobility ,travel

INVENTIONS THAT

IMPROVED COMMUNICAT

ION & ENTERTAINME

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3. Invention: Telephone Inventor(s) Name(s):

Alexander Graham Bell Year the Invention was created and/or

patented: 1876 (patented the same year)

Interesting facts about the invention: the telephone connection to your house has not

changed in nearly a century By 1880 almost 49,000 telephones were in use. Impact on society:

Revolutionized communication (instant communication )

New Industry, jobs, socializing.

How to use a

rotery phone: http

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4. Radio Inventor(s) Name(s):

- Guglielmo Marconi

Year the Invention was created:

Invented -1895

Interesting facts about the invention: David Sarnoff created NBC. (1stbroadcasting

company. By 1933, two-thirds of American homes had at least one

radio, twice as many as those with telephones.

Impact on society:Changed our lives by improving

entertainment, information, & news.

Radio: The

Broadcast Industry

David Sarnoff

Broadcast:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ukk6_OF0UPU

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3gjRDzss0M

5. Invention: Movies Inventor(s) Name(s):

- Thomas Edison (moving picture camera –kinetoscope)

Year the Invention was created and/or patented: Edison: 1893/1894

Interesting facts about the invention: First talking movie ever filmed was the

“Jazz Singer.” 1890 - 1927, thousands of silent films

were produced

Impact on society:News ,entertainment, jobs,

created celebrities.

ELECTRIFICATION AND LABOR-SAVING

INVENTIONS

6. Invention: Washing Machine

Inventor(s) Name(s): Hamilton Smith William Blackstone Otto Warburg

Year the Invention was created and/or patented: Otto Warburg: 1908 (The “Thor”)

Interesting fact about the invention: First electric commercial washer

Impact on society:Created the soap industry and

additional leisure time.

7. Invention: Electric Stove

Inventor(s) Name(s): - William S. Hadaway Jr.

Year the Invention was created and/or patented:

- 1896 awarded the first U.S. patent for an electric stove.

Interesting facts about the invention: Limited at first to wired-up cities Increased use after rural electrification

projects of the 1930s and '40s

Impact on society: Created jobs, cooking ease, additional leisure

time and safety.

8. Invention: Water Pumps Inventor(s) Name(s):

- John G. Appold Year the Invention was created and/or

patented: Year credited for invention - 1851 (not

electrified, yet)

Interesting facts about the invention: First brought into the home in the late 1800s.

-Impact on society: running water in homes and businesses.

9. Invention: Electric Lighting

Inventor(s) Name(s): Thomas Edison

Year the Invention was created and/or patented: Patented on January 27, 1880.

Interesting fact about the invention:

In the 1920s people changed from gas to electric lighting which is safer.

Impact on society: Provided light after the sun set and increased

work hours. Improved safety.

NOTES: EARLY

AMERICAN INVENTIONS

Henry Ford’s Bright Idea: (Summarize the main ideas found in this section.)

Name the important person(s) & what he/she did:  

Two Important Facts:

The Wright Brothers: (Summarize the main ideas found in this section.)  -Orville and Wilber Wright invented the first plane which flew in Kitty Hawk, NC on Dec. 17, 1903; this invention made it possible to travel by air.

Name the important person(s) & what he/she did:Orville and Wilber Wright: First Plane

Two Important Facts:

Turn on the Radio: (Summarize the main ideas found in this section.)  Communication and information distribution

improved by the invention of the telephone, telegraph, phonograph, motion pictures, and radio.

Name the important person(s) & what he/she did:

Telephone: 1876Telegraph: 1844Phonograph: 1877Motion pictures: 1895 Radio: 1920s

Two Important Facts:

Home Sweet 1914 Home: (Summarize the main ideas found in this section.)

 Many inventions improved the lives of families, saved time such as the refrigerator, washing machine, running water, toaster, and electric stove.

Two Important Facts:

MORE INVENTIONS

OF THE GILDED AGE

Invention: Phonograph (Recorded sound/music)

Inventor(s) Name(s): Thomas Alva Edison

Year the Invention was created and/or patented: Invented 1877; Patented 1878

2 interesting facts about the invention: Recorded music, speeches, sound on

cylinders. Lead to inventions such as CD’s & Ipods.

Invention: Refrigerators

Inventor(s) Name(s): -Carl Paul Gottfried von Linde

Year the Invention was created and/or patented:

1877

2 interesting facts about the invention:First small fringe cost $25.Food could last longer.