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The "Golden Spike"
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The completion of the first transcontinental railroad dramatically changed the tenor of travel in the country, as people were able to complete in a week a route that had previously taken months
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The Light Bulb.
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Inventor Thomas Alva Edison invented the incandescent light bulb in his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. After exploring thousands of filament for the bulb, he stumbled on tungsten which was the substance needed for the bulb to work. source: Corbett, et.al., Chap 18,Sec.1,p. 515-516 -
The City Beautiful Movement in Chicago, Illinois.
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Influential urban space designers Frederick Law Olmsted and Daniel Burnham came together to introduce the concept of urban perfect planning to ease the harsh realities of the urban sprawl. Source: Corbett,et. al., Chap.19, Sec.3,p. 562 -
Coney Island
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As working class Americans sought to escape the squalor of urban city living, they found that Amusement parks gave just that. Offering popular culture and entertainment, Coney Island on the Brooklyn shoreline of New York opened in1895. Wild rides, animal attractions and large stage productions designed to help working-class Americans forget the struggles of their working-day lives.
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Automobile mass production.
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Automobiles were too expensive for most Americans. Henry Ford innovated mass production using the assembly line process of his Model T cars in his Highland Park, Michigan plant making car ownership available to the average American.
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Airplanes for long-distance travel.
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In 1927, Charles Lindbergh proved that long distance travel were suitable when he flew the Spirit of St. Louis in the first transatlantic, non-stop flight from Long Island, New York to Paris, France. His feat ushered in the era of passenger air travel as improvements in engine and passenger compartment design happened.
Source: Corbett,et. al., Chap. 24,Sec. 1,p. 699
