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ADVANCES MELANIE FORERO

DANIELA MARTINEZ

DANIEL MORENO

DIEGO RIVADA

JUAN CAMPO

NICHOLAS PARRA

Telegraph Speeds Communication

• Samuel F. B. Morse perfected the telegraph by studying electricity and magnetism, he put the work of other scientists together into a practical machine.

• The telegraph sent pulses, or surges, of electrical current through a wire.

• The operator tapped a telegraph key that controlled the length of each pulse.

• Alfred Lewis Vail created a system known as the Morse Code.

• Morse's break came during the 1884 National Convention in Baltimore, Maryland.

• A telegraph wired news of presidential candidate’s nomination to politicians in Washington.

• The first Transcontinental line was finished by 1861.

• Telegraph companies strung their wires on poles along railroads across the country.

Steam Power And New Factories

• In the beginning of the industrial revolution, most factories ran on water power.

• Over time, they began the use of steam power.

• Water powered factories needed to be built near streams, waterfalls, or rivers.

• On the other hand, steam powered factories could be built anywhere.

• Factory workers improved the design of many kinds of machines.

• The machines evolved so well they could make custom equipment.

Improved Farm Equipment• During the 1830s technology began transforming, improving industry, which leads to factories

being made.

• John Deere was a blacksmith that invented a steel plow which made plowing in thick soil much easier in 1837.

• In 1831, Cyrus McCormick developed a new harvesting machine, the Mechanical Reaper, which quickly and efficiently cut down wheat.

• His company used methods to encourage sales such as advertisements, demonstrations and let customers pay by credit.

• Both the plow and the reaper allowed Midwestern farmers to plant and harvest huge crop fields.

• By 1860, U.S farmers were producing 170 million bushels of wheat and over 800 million bushels of corn per year.

Changing Life At Home

• The sewing machine was a convenience made by Elias Howe, a factory apprentice, mde life much easier in the early 1830’s .

• Isaac Singer improved Howe’s design later on, making his company one of the worlds largest makers of sewing machines in the 1860.

• Companies began to mass produce earlier inventions.

• This allowed many families to buy household items, such as clocks, that they could not afford in the past.

• All of these inventions made life at home more convenient for an increasing number of americans.

Vocabulary

• Samuel F. B Morse – Inventor of the telegraph

• Telegraph – A device that could send information over wires across great distances.

• Morse Code – different combinations of dots and dashes that represent each letter of the alphabet.

• John Deere – blacksmith that invented the steel plow.

• Cyrus McCormick – Developed a new harvesting machine, the mechanical reaper.

• Isaac Singer – Company owner that improved Elias Howe’s design of the sewing machine.