Technology Advances in the 20 th Century

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

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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

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 speech Thursday 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 Paving 1300 East in SLC

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

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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

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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

Technology Advances in the 20 th Century

Technology Advances in the 20 th Century

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Selected Advances in the 20 th Century

The 20 th Century

China in the 20 th Century

Technology Advances in the 20 th Century

China in the 20 th Century

Iran in the 20 th Century

IRELAND IN THE 20 TH CENTURY

Women in the 20 th Century

20 th Century

Immigration in the 20 th Century

Iran in the 20 th Century

20 th Century

20 th Century

20 th Century

The 10 Greatest Advances in Cardiology in the 20 th century

20 th Century

Canada in the 20 th Century

The 20 th Century

China in the 20 th Century

Ireland in the 20 th Century

The 20 th century

India in The 20 th Century