EOC Review Book page 149 #1-3 Add to your Goal 7 EOC Review Questions

Number 3 must be in complete sentences. Last EOC assignment be sure to turn in your

work.

Examine the impact of technological changes on economic, social, and

cultural life in the United States.

Many of the technological advances of the Gilded Age continued to develop during the Progressive Period.

These advances helped influence the progressive spirit in transforming US culture◦ Electricity-factories operated more efficiently and

longer hours Sewing machines became electric Refrigerator Electric Trolley

◦ Skyscrapers Bessemer process- 1850’s made it easier and more

affordable to produce large amount of steel

Henry Ford made the automobile accessible on the market.◦ Wanted them to be available to “ordinary people”

The Model T was first sold in 1907. (30,000) Use of the assembly line (workers stay in one

spot and as the parts moved to them; worker does one small task) ◦ Ford was not the first to use the assembly line; he is

credited with perfecting it. Ford paid wages that were unheard of at $5 a

day.◦ He wanted his workers to be able to afford the product

they produced.

Wright Brothers, Orville and Wilbur, were bicycle repairmen from Ohio.

In 1903, in Kitty Hawk, NC, the two conducted the first successful flight.◦ Soon, airplanes were being used for mail and

military. 1926, commercial air travel began as

people began using air travel for faster transportation.

As products were mass produced and communications improved, consumers were drawn to material goods and new forms of entertainment.

Mail order catalogs Movie camera could produce longer films.

◦ The Great Train Robbery (1903) was the first full-length motion picture.

Movie theaters developed in every city.

Kodak produced cameras that could be owned and operated by the average consumer.◦ Less skill needed◦ Roll-film cameras replaced the older glass-plate

camera Coca-Cola became the first bottled soda in

the US.◦ Advertising campaigns began to help competing

firms maximize profits.