Technology Advances in the 20 th Century

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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 Presentation

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TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES IN THE 20TH CENTURY

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• Railroads allowed people to travel faster• Promoted Commuting to Work• Less Travel Time = More Vacation

Time

TRAINS

Train Depot at American Fork 1912

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Lagoon – resort for swimming, dancing and horseracing

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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

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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

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AUTOMOBILES SHARED THE ROAD WITH HORSES

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• The Wright Brothers First Flight – 1903 in North Carolina• Utah’s first flight –

1910• At first =

entertainment • Much later =

transportation

AIRPLANES

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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

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• Not one inventor – many scientists contributed to radio “idea”• Originally

called “wireless telegraphy”• 1922- First

radio broadcast in Utah on KZN KSL

RADIO

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