What are these inventions which have shaped American life?

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What are these inventions which have shaped American life?
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“Live as if you were to die tomorrow.
Learn as if you were to live forever.”
- Gandhi

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“Necessity is the
mother of invention”
Plato
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4. 1860-1920

Five main causes for industrial growth
during the second half of the 1800s
1860-1920

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Railroads

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Inventions

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Natural
Resources

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Human labor
and talent

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Capital

10. Tall Tower Exhibition

Materials
-1 sheet of paper
-1 pair of scissors
-10 inches of masking tape
-3 inventors in a group
-10 minutes to work
Who can design and
construct the tallest
tower?
Tower must be freestanding…

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1890
1860
1887 – Granville T. Woods
created a telegraph to work
on trains
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1870
1879 – Thomas Edison
makes the first incandescent
light bulb
from 1860-1890
1876 – Alexander Graham
Bell invents the telephone
Prominent Inventions
1885 – John S. Pemberton
introduces a new drink:
Coca-Cola
1877 – Felix Hoffman
produces aspirin
1866 – Alfred Nobel creates
dynamite

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Philadelphia Exhibition
1905 – Albert Einstein
introduces E=mc2 theory
1900 – Ferdinand Zeppelin
introduces the zeppelin
from 1891-1920
1903 – Wilbur and Orville
Wright build first airplane
1895 – Wilhelm Roentgen
discovers x-rays
Prominent Inventions
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1890

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Oh Snap!
Back to Timeline

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Nikola Tesla

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Back to Inventors

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The Philadelphia
Centennial Exhibition

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Wildlife
Exhibitions

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The Corliss Engine