2. THE CENTURY: AMERICA’S TIME
Seeds of Change (1 of 3): Start 8:00 – End 14:05
• Wright Bros., Model T & Assembly Line
Seeds of Change (2 of 3): Start 11:05 – End 14:59
• Urbanization & Electrification
Seeds of Change (3 of 3): Start 2:30 – End 4:33
• Cinema
3. THE CENTURY: AMERICA’S TIME
Shell Shock (1 of 3): Start 8:30 – End 11:15
• Production, Industry, & Model T
Boom to Bust (1 of 3): Start 14:10 to the end
• Electrification & Mechanization
Boom to Bust (2 of 3): From the Start – End 8:00
• Electrification, Advertising, Radio, & 19th Amendment
4. AMERICA: THE STORY OF US
“Boom”
• Start – 10:45 – Oil/Rockefeller
• 10:45 - 16:35 – Henry Ford/Car Industry
• 16:35 – 25:00 – Highways, Hollywood, LA Aquaduct
• Stop @ 25:00
6. E . HOW DID AFFORDAB L E AUT OMOB IL E S
IMPROVE TRANSPORTATION?
1. Greater Mobility
2. Creation of Jobs
3. Growth of Transportation Related Industries
• Road Construction, Oil, Steel, Automobile
4. Movement to Suburban Areas
• National Museum of American History: Suburbs in
DChttp://amhistory.si.edu/onthemove/exhibition/exhibition_4_7.h
tml
Results of improved transportation
brought about by affordable automobiles:
8. The Wright Brothers:
Orville & Wilbur Wright
F. INVENTION OF THE AIRPLANE
9. 1. Henry Ford, Automobile
2. Rise of Mechanization
• Use of Machines instead of
Human Labor
• http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encycl
opedia/entries/a/ag005.html
USE OF THE
ASSEMBLY LINE
Assembly Line at Ford Motor Co.
G. How were factories able to produce more goods in less
time and sell them for a lower price?
10. 1. Increased availability of
telephones
2. Development of the
radio and broadcast
industry
3. Development of the
movies
H. COMMUNICATION CHANGES
11. 1. Labor saving products
• Washing Machines
• Electric Stoves
• Water Pumps
2. Electric Lighting
3. Entertainment
• Radio
• Cinema
4. Improved Communication
I. WAYS ELECTRIFICATION
CHANGED AMERICAN LIFE
1st Hydroelectric Power Plant
12. WASHING CLOTHES
Before Electricity After Electricity
http://mshistorynow.mdah.state.ms.us/articles/376/the-rural-electrification-of-northeast-mississippi
13. COOKING ON A STOVE
Before Electricity After Electricity
http://mshistorynow.mdah.state.ms.us/articles/376/the-rural-electrification-of-northeast-mississippi
15. ELECTRIC LIGHTING
Digital Resources: Photos
http://www.rexophone.com/?p=1175
J.P. Morgan’s library in NYC.
This was one of the first private
homes to have electric lighting
and it was personally installed by
Thomas Edison himself!”