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- What did Cyrus field do?
- He had the idea of laying a cable under the ocean so that telegraph messages could go back and forth between North American and Europe.
- Who are Orville and Wilbur Wright?
- They invented the first plane.
- Who was the first group of people who saw the need for the airplane?
- The United States military.
- How did Gustavus Swift transform the American diet?
- He introduced the refrigeration to the meat packing industry.
- How did the electric power plant affect the country?
- It supplied electricity to homes as well as businesses. It began the modern age of electricity.
- What does transatlantic mean?
- Across the Atlantic.
- Who invented a machine that could perform almost all the steps in shoemaking that had previously been done by hand?
- Jan Matzeliger.
- When and where was the first "flying machine" tested?
- The first flying machine was tested on December 7, 1903 in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
- What invention speeded up communication within the United States?
- The telegraph.
- What were the first words spoken on the telephone?
- "Mr.Watson, come here. I want to see you,"
- What company did Alexander Graham Bell form? Why?
- He formed the Bell Telephone Company because he could sell his phones and make it easier for people with businesses.
- Name some of Thomas Edison's inventions?
- He invented the light bulb, phonograph, and hundreds of other devices.
- Name one of Edison's most important creations that took place in New York City in 1882?
- The electric power plant.
- What type device did Elijah McCoy create in 1872?
- A special device that oiled engines automatically.
- What was vital to growing American businesses?
- Better communication.
- What did Alexander Graham Bell invent?
- The first telephone.
- What was the first reaction to the car by many Americans?
- At first most people laughed at it.
- What was the moving assembly line?
- It was a method of production when workers would stay in one place as products edge along a moving belt.
- About how many cars were owned by people in 1890? By 1917?
- In 1900 only 8,00 people owned cars and by 1917 more than 4.5 million autos were chugging along American roads.
- Who was responsible for making the auto part of everyday American life?
- Henry Ford.
- Who is the "Wizard of Menlo Park?
- Edison.
- What is mass production?
- Making large quantities of a product quickly and cheaply.
- Who sent the first transatlantic message to President James Buchanan in Washington, D.C.?
- Britain's Queen Victoria.
- What did George Eastman introduce to the American public in 1888?
- The light wait Kodak camera.