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Telephone
On June 2, 1875, Alexander Graham Bell while experimenting with his technique called "multiple telegraph" discovered he could hear sound over a wire. The sound was that of a twanging clock spring.Bell's greatest success was reached on March 10, 1876.This marked not only the birth of the telephone but the death of the multiple telegraph as well. The telephone not only replaced the telegraph, but made personal connections fast and easy. It also connected the rural and urban areas. -
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Some of this information came from sites such as History.com, About.com, PBS, and a few others. -
Electric Lightbulb
The inventor of the lightbulb was Thomas Edison, also known as the wizard of menlo park. Edison tried over three thousond ways to try to make his lightbulb work. One day as he was going trough all the different types of elements, he discovers that simple thread could maintain a steady burn up to 15 hours. After some experimenting he could get it to stay on for up to 1500 hours. -
The Movie Theater
The cinemas of France and Italy had been the most globally popular and powerful. But the United States was already gaining quickly when World War I (1914-1918) caused a devastating interruption in the European film industries. The American industry, or "Hollywood," as it was becoming known after its new geographical center in California, gained the position it has held, more or less, ever since: movie factory for the world, selling their products all over the world. -
Radio
The radio was invented by Guglielmo Maconi. Some time after its creation, David Sarnoff, later the president of RCA, buys Marconi's idea.The radio shapes the broadcast industry and becomes a source of entertainment and info across the country. Now sports and cultural events are available everywhere. -
Airplane
The inventors of the first airplane were Orville and Wilbur Wright. At Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the Wright brothers made the first successful experiment in which the airplane carrying a man rose by its own power. It flew naturally and at even speed, and descended without damage.Although at first people thought they were frauds for some time, the brothers proved these to be false.Orville and Wilbur Wright revolutionized airodynamics and rose to be the most famous people in the world. -
The Model T
The First car was made by Henry Ford, who was also credited for the assembly line.The Model T, also known as the "Tin Lizzie," changed the way Americans live, work and travel. Henry Ford's revolutionary advancements in assembly-line automobile manufacturing made the Model T the first car to be affordable for a majority of Americans. For the first time car ownership became a reality for average American workers, not just the wealthy. -
Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith was from the Harlem Renissance. She was an African American blues singer. She was also known as the empress of the blues. Her professional career began in 1912 and sang in the same show as Ma Rainey. Her first recording, Down-Hearted Blues, established her as the most successful black performing artist of her time. She recorded regularly until 1928 with important early jazz instrumentalists such as Williams, James P. Johnson. -
Assembly Line
The assembly line is a manufacturing technique in which a product is carried by some form of mechanized conveyor among stations at which the various operations necessary to its assembly are performed. It is used to assemble quickly large numbers of a uniform product. Henry Ford is often credited with establishing the first assembly line for his Model T. So long as an assembly line's output is high, the cost per unit is relatively low. -
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The First Great Migration
The first great migration took millions of African Americans all over the U.S. When it had become clear enough that the whites in the South still had no intention of giving them the rights they deserved, most of them moved out.Most went to the North, though an almost equal amout went to the midwest, and the least to the west. Though they thought the northeners and others would welcome them, most African Americans faced the same stuff like the South. It took some time for others accept them. -
The 18th amendment
The 18th amendment is the only amendment to be repealed from the constitution. This unpopular amendment banned the sale and drinking of alcohol in the United States. This amendment took in 1919 and was a huge failure. Not only did regular people find other ways to drink alcohol, criminals made a lot of money selling alcohol to those people. The 21st amendment repeals the 18th amendment in 1933, and today we call the period that the 18th Amendment was law Prohibition. -
The 19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted American women the right to vote,a right known as woman suffrage.At the time the U.S. was founded,its female citizens did not share all of the same rights as men,including the right to vote.The demand for the vote became a centerpiece of the women's rights movement. Stanton and Mott, along with Susan B. Anthony and other activists,formed organizations that raised public awareness and lobbied the government to grant voting rights,after 70 years. -
George Gershwin
George Gershwin dropped out of school and began playing piano professionally at age 17. Within a few years, he was one of the most sought after musicians in America (He was both a pianist and composer).During the 1920s, and in the years that followed, Gershwin wrote numerous songs for stage and screen that quickly became standards. Then died July 11,1937 in Hollywood. -
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes was born on February 1, 1902, in Joplin, Missouri. He published his first poem in 1921. He attended Columbia University, but left after one year to travel. His poetry was later promoted by Vachel Lindsay, and Hughes published his first book in 1926. He went on to write countless works of poetry, prose and plays, as well as a popular column for the Chicago Defender. He died on May 22, 1967. -
Louis Armstrong
Armstrong moved to Chicago to join Oliver's band in August 1922 and made his first recordings as a member of the group in the spring of 1923.Armstrong had gained sufficient individual notice to make his recording debut as a leader on November 12, 1925. Contracted to OKeh Records, he began to make a series of recordings with studio-only groups called the Hot Fives or the Hot Sevens. He then got a band of his own and made many recordings.But many of his recorded performances are masterpieces. -
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington was one of the biggest pianists in the Harlem Renaissance. Starting at age seven, his best influence came from his parents, who were also pianists. He didn't like to "study" the piano though and later quit. It would be until he was seventeen that he revisited the piano. After returning to the piano, he taught himself a music style called harmony and because of it, became famous. -
Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland was one of the most respected American classical composers of the twentieth century. By incorporating popular forms of American music such as jazz and folk into his compositions, he created pieces both exceptional and innovative. As a spokesman for the advancement of indigenous American music, Copland made great strides in liberating it from European influence. Today, a century after his death, Copland’s life and work continue to inspire many of America’s young composers. -
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The Great Depression
The Great Depression, was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world.Over the next several years, consumer spending and investment dropped, causing steep declines in industrial output and rising levels of unemployment as failing companies laid off workers.the economy would not fully turn around until after 1939, when World War II kicked American industry into high gear. -
The New Deal
The New Deal was created after president Franklin Roosvelt took office on March 4th 1933. The New Deal helped to restore American self-confidence, help prop up the economy, make social welfare measures, and touch every aspect of American life.The New Deal had a very important impact on American society: it brought the federal government into the everyday lives of americans. Its intervention on behalf of workers led to a high increase in unionization. Women and African Americans could join too. -
The 21st amendment
Taking effect on December 5, 1933. Interestingly, when Congress passes an amendment and requests ratification from the states, the individual state legislatures vote on the amendment, not the people. However, this time, Congress stipulated that "conventions of states" should vote on the amendment. Since Prohibition was so unpopular by 1933, the Congress figured that they would pass the amendment, fearing that state legislatures who were pro-prohibition would try and defeat the amendment. The 21s -
John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck was a novelist feom the Harlem Renissance.In 1925 he went to New York, where he tried for a few years to establish himself as a free-lance writer, but he failed and returned to California. After publishing some novels and short stories, Steinbeck first became widely known with Tortilla Flat (1935), a series of humorous stories about Monterey paisanos.Steinbeck's novels can all be classified as social novels dealing with the economic problems of rural labour.Died 1968. -
Jacob Lawrence
Jacob Lawrence was an African American painter from the Harlem Renissance. He is best known for his series of narrative paintings depicting important moments in African American history.The Migration of the Negro, one of his best known series, was completed in 1941. The most widely acclaimed African American artist of this century, Lawrence continued to paint until his death in 2000.
