technology advances in the 20 th century
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Technology Advances in the 20 th Century. Railroads allowed people to travel faster Promoted Commuting to Work Less Travel Time = More Vacation Time. Trains. Train Depot at American Fork 1912. Lagoon – resort for swimming, dancing and horseracing. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES IN THE 20TH CENTURY
• Railroads allowed people to travel faster• Promoted Commuting to Work• Less Travel Time = More Vacation
Time
TRAINS
Train Depot at American Fork 1912
Lagoon – resort for swimming, dancing and horseracing
Saltair- Amusement park and resort along Great Salt Lake
• http://www.history.com/shows/modern-marvels/videos/electricity-invented-sparks-fly#car-invented-world-drastically-changed
• 1900 – 20 automobiles• 1909- 873
automobiles
• At first no paved roads and few gas stations• Shared road with
horses• Few mechanics
and no tow trucks
AUTOMOBILES
PAVING 1300 EAST IN SLC
Monday 12th - Last Day to Turn in Missing/Redo Assignments. Divide ourselves into North and South. Complete Path to Secession definitions and game (Must get Hard Copy from Mrs. P)Tuesday 13th - South Secedes Reading Guide and start to write Speech "Was Secession Ok?" Southern States Secede Reading Guide (READING GUIDE and SPEECH DUE 3/14).Wednesday 14th - Finish Speeches. 10 people will randomly be selected to deliver speechThursday 15th - Grade Warm Ups! Start Key Details of War, I and II (We will work on this throughout Civil War unit. This packet will be DUE 3/26)Friday 16th- End of Quarter 3! No School
AUTOMOBILES SHARED THE ROAD WITH HORSES
• The Wright Brothers First Flight – 1903 in North Carolina• Utah’s first flight –
1910• At first =
entertainment • Much later =
transportation
AIRPLANES
THE ALBATROSS
• http://www.history.com/shows/modern-marvels/videos/electricity-invented-sparks-fly#electricity-invented-sparks-fly
CAN YOU GUESS WHAT THIS IS?
CAN YOU GUESS WHAT THIS IS?
CAN YOU GUESS WHAT THIS IS?
CAN YOU GUESS WHAT THIS IS?
CAN YOU GUESS WHAT THIS IS?
CAN YOU GUESS WHAT THIS IS?
• First use of electric lights – Cleveland, OH 1878• Electric lights in SLC – 1880–First generated by steam!–Then generated by water
• By 1920’s most urban places had electricity
ELECTRICITY
• http://www.history.com/shows/modern-marvels/videos/electricity-invented-sparks-fly#the-telegraph-and-telephone
• Alexander Graham Bell – inventor• 1880- Local UT
calls• Wendover 1914-
Transcontinental calls!–wires were
joined to complete telephone circuit from NYC to San Francisco
TELEPHONES
• Not one inventor – many scientists contributed to radio “idea”• Originally
called “wireless telegraphy”• 1922- First
radio broadcast in Utah on KZN KSL
RADIO