1. Objective 7.04 Examine the impact of technological changes on economic, social, and cultural life in the United States

2. Wright Brothers Orville and Wilbur, 1st in flight, bicycle shop owners

3. Airline Service 1st commercial use of plane was for mail delivery

4. Kodak Camera Camera developed by George Eastman, Camera could be bought for $25 and film could be developed and camera reloaded for $10

5. Movie Camera Moving pictures made possible by George Eastman and WK Dickson’s celluloid film

6. Coca Cola Drink developed by a drug store clerk as an energy drink and cure for headaches

7. Ford’s Innovations $5 day, assembly line, 8-10 hour workday, workers as consumers

8. Electricity Developed for home use by people like George Westinghouse and Thomas Edison

9. Mail Order Catalogs Sears and Roebuck, Montgomery Ward

10. Skyscrapers Public amazement at tall buildings, made possible by steel skeletons

11. Sewing Machine Made clothes making more economical, invented by Elias Howe and perfected by Isaac Singer

12. Quiz Electricity Mail order catalogs Kodak camera Movie Camera Wright Brothers Ford’s Innovations: Skyscrapers Choose 4 SFI to define and answer 1 of the questions. What was the economic and social impact of the technological changes of the Progressive Era? How was American culture redefined during the Progressive Era? Does society cause government to change or does government cause society to change?