Gilded Age 2 Industrial Revolution by Amelie Kneuertz https://padlet.com/akneuertz/avx23q9t1fd9lwk1 en-us 2024-10-24 12:11:30 UTC 2024-10-24 12:52:57 UTC hello@padlet.com 1790: 90% of Americans lived in the countryside and worked on farms/rural areas akneuertz https://padlet.com/akneuertz/avx23q9t1fd9lwk1/wish/3185694959 2024-10-24 12:25:21 UTC https://padlet.com/akneuertz/avx23q9t1fd9lwk1/wish/3185694959 1891: electricity statistic-there were over 1300 stations, providing enough electricity to power around 3 million light bulbs hhawkins38 https://padlet.com/akneuertz/avx23q9t1fd9lwk1/wish/3185696924 2024-10-24 12:26:26 UTC https://padlet.com/akneuertz/avx23q9t1fd9lwk1/wish/3185696924 1900: telegraph statistic-nearly a million miles of telegraph wires were carrying more than 60 million messages a year. hhawkins38 https://padlet.com/akneuertz/avx23q9t1fd9lwk1/wish/3185701090 2024-10-24 12:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/akneuertz/avx23q9t1fd9lwk1/wish/3185701090 1900: technology changes how are people living now- 40% of Americans lived in cities, and by 1920 more than 50% of Americans lived in towns and cities than in rural areas. hhawkins38 https://padlet.com/akneuertz/avx23q9t1fd9lwk1/wish/3185707766 2024-10-24 12:33:25 UTC https://padlet.com/akneuertz/avx23q9t1fd9lwk1/wish/3185707766 1865: End of Civil War - Called "The Horse and Buggy era", people lit their homes with candles/oil lamps, kept their food fresh in ice boxes, and waited months for letters to arrive akneuertz https://padlet.com/akneuertz/avx23q9t1fd9lwk1/wish/3185711376 2024-10-24 12:35:53 UTC https://padlet.com/akneuertz/avx23q9t1fd9lwk1/wish/3185711376 1903: new form of transportation and the inventors of it-the brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful powered-airplane flights in history, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. hhawkins38 https://padlet.com/akneuertz/avx23q9t1fd9lwk1/wish/3185714690 2024-10-24 12:37:51 UTC https://padlet.com/akneuertz/avx23q9t1fd9lwk1/wish/3185714690 1920: telephone statistic-the number of commercial telephones had grown to at least 13 million. hhawkins38 https://padlet.com/akneuertz/avx23q9t1fd9lwk1/wish/3185718027 2024-10-24 12:40:00 UTC https://padlet.com/akneuertz/avx23q9t1fd9lwk1/wish/3185718027 1876: The new invention of the Telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell akneuertz https://padlet.com/akneuertz/avx23q9t1fd9lwk1/wish/3185718071 2024-10-24 12:40:02 UTC https://padlet.com/akneuertz/avx23q9t1fd9lwk1/wish/3185718071 1920: what percentage of people live in urban areas-more than 50% of Americans lived in towns and cities than in rural areas. hhawkins38 https://padlet.com/akneuertz/avx23q9t1fd9lwk1/wish/3185722963 2024-10-24 12:42:32 UTC https://padlet.com/akneuertz/avx23q9t1fd9lwk1/wish/3185722963 1882: The single invention of Edison’s light bulb introduced the electric power industry. The electric technology demand grew rapidly. akneuertz https://padlet.com/akneuertz/avx23q9t1fd9lwk1/wish/3185726982 2024-10-24 12:44:49 UTC https://padlet.com/akneuertz/avx23q9t1fd9lwk1/wish/3185726982 1893:year that gas powered automobile in the us was invented and by who- Charles Duryea and J. Frank, who were bicycle mechanics at the time, designed the first successful American gasoline automobile. hhawkins38 https://padlet.com/akneuertz/avx23q9t1fd9lwk1/wish/3185729487 2024-10-24 12:45:45 UTC https://padlet.com/akneuertz/avx23q9t1fd9lwk1/wish/3185729487 1883: The Brooklyn Bridge, the longest suspension bridge in the world was built using steel, stretching 6,700 feet across the East River in New York City akneuertz https://padlet.com/akneuertz/avx23q9t1fd9lwk1/wish/3185732690 2024-10-24 12:47:38 UTC https://padlet.com/akneuertz/avx23q9t1fd9lwk1/wish/3185732690 1885: steel was used to build the first skyscraper, a 0-story building in downtown Chicago akneuertz https://padlet.com/akneuertz/avx23q9t1fd9lwk1/wish/3185738471 2024-10-24 12:51:16 UTC https://padlet.com/akneuertz/avx23q9t1fd9lwk1/wish/3185738471