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5067300000Name __________________________Period _______ Date ______________Inventions That Changed America, 1850-1900Drawing from experience: What invention do you think is the most important to your way of life? Which invention do you think was most for the advancement of society?YearInventorInvention1851Issac M. SingerFirst practical domestic sewing machine1852Elisha OtisPassenger elevator1856Henry BessemerBessemer Process - steel1858Cyrus FieldTransatlantic telegraph cable1860Louis PasteurPasteurization 1864George PullmanRailroad sleeping car1865Thaddeus LoweIce machine1865William BullockRotary printing press1868George WestinghouseAir brake1868Christopher SholesTypewriter1869Thomas Alva EdisonElectric voting machine1873Joseph GliddenBarbed wire1873Fred HatchSilo1874Stephen Dudley FieldElectric streetcar1874Henry ParmeleeFire sprinkler1876Alexander Graham BellTelephone1877Thomas Alva EdisonPhonograph1878Gustavus SwiftRefrigerated railcar1879Thomas Alva EdisonIncandescent light bulb1879James RittyCash register1880Amanda JonesOil burner1882Schuyler Skaats WheelerElectric fan1884William Le Baron JenneySkyscraper design1887Nikola TeslaAlternating current (AC)1888Frank SpragueTrolley pole1888George EastmanKodak camera1890Francis Robbins & Fernando DibbleSmoke detector1891Jesse RenoEscalator1892John FroelichInternal combustion-powered tractor1893Charles and J. Frank DuryeaGasoline-powered car1895Guglielmo MarconiRadiotelegraph (working radio)Assignment:The Pan-American Exposition was a world's fair held in Buffalo, NY, from May 1 to November 2, 1901 to celebrate the achievements of the past century and to accelerate development into the next.Using your textbook, the Internet, or other resources, research an invention above and create an application for admission to the Pan-American Exposition. You must explain the uses of the invention, the impact that the invention has had on people’s lives, and the possible effects the invention would have in the workplace. Your application must be on unlined paper and be approximately one page in length. It must include a picture of the invention. Pictures can be taken from the Internet, from a computer or hand-drawn. Creativity and neatness is expected. ................
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