1. Inventors and Inventions

2. Industrial Revolution was a time period in which technology, travel and trade expanded rapidly. Various inventors changed the way that Americans lived their daily lives…

3. The Industrial Revolution
Beginning in Great Britain, the Industrial Revolution changed the way that Americans made and received products as well as how Americans travelled and communicated with each other across the country.
Goods that were traditionally made by hand like clothing, food/drinks were now being manufactured by large- scale machinery.

4. When you think about the word INVENTOR what words come to mind?

6. Important Inventors Samuel Morse John Deere Cyrus McCormick
Alexander Graham Bell
James Watt
Robert Fulton
Eli Whitney
The Wright Brothers
Thomas Edison
Henry Ford

7. Samuel Morse
Invented the telegraph which made communication easier. The telegraph is like a text message. The text message is in Morse Code, a code which the receiver can “translate” into full messages.

8. John Deere
Invented the steel plow which made farming easier.

9. EXPLAIN…
Why would the invention of the steel plow make farming easier? Who was doing the work?

10. Cyrus McCormick
Invented the mechanical reaper which made farming easier for agriculturalists.

12. How did the invention of the steel plow make farming easier?
EXPLAIN…
How did the invention of the steel plow make farming easier?

13. Alexander Graham Bell
Invented the telephone in which inspired the creation of the Bell Telephone Company in
DID YOU KNOW? The very first telephone call was from Bell to his assistant Watson.

14. How did the invention of the telephone affect our daily lives?

16. James Watt
Invented the steam engine which revolutionized various inventions like:
Generating power for buildings
Steamboats
Trains
Machinery in factories

18. Robert Fulton
Invented the steamboat which made travel and trade easier and faster for Americans.
People and goods could travel on rivers, mainly the Mississippi River.

19. How did the invention of the steamboat increase trade at this time?
EXPLAIN…
How did the invention of the steamboat increase trade at this time?

20. The Wright Brothers
Inventors from Ohio who built and constructed the first airplane, called a “glider” in The first flight lasted 12 seconds.

22. Eli Whitney Invented the cotton gin which made picking cotton easier.
Increased slavery in the South
Made slavery more popular
Made slavery more profitable for plantation owners
Cotton is a textile used for clothing.
Interchangeable Parts: Parts that could be put into other machines and exchanged out into other products.

23. Why would the invention of the cotton gin INCREASE slavery?
EXPLAIN…
Why would the invention of the cotton gin INCREASE slavery?

24. Interchangeable parts…

25. Thomas Edison
Invented the lightbulb in 1879 – the electric light uses a filament wire that glows when heated to a high temperature.
The first large-scale test of Edison's lights occurred September 4, 1882 when 25 buildings in New York City's financial district were illuminated.

26. How does the lightbulb affect our daily lives?
Raise your hands…

28. Henry Ford
Credited for the creation of the assembly line which helped manufacturers assemble products “part-by-part” until finished.
Henry Ford created the first automobile called the Model T which revolutionized travel for the world.
Division of Labor – allowed groups of employees to work on specific parts of each product.

29. SILENTLY ANSWER IN YOUR NOTES: How does this picture change what you thought about factory workers?