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Getting ready for the 20 th Century. New Inventions . McCormick’s Reaper. Reaper. 1831 invented by Cyrus McCormick 1847 mass produces them Cut the crops Later inventions stacked and bundled the crops. Telegraph. Telegraph. Invented by Samuel Morse - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Getting ready for the 20th Century
New Inventions
McCormick’s Reaper
Reaper1831 invented by Cyrus McCormick1847 mass produces themCut the cropsLater inventions stacked and bundled the crops
Telegraph
TelegraphInvented by Samuel Morse1844 first transmission sent from Washington D.C. to Baltimore1866 a transatlantic telegraph line is completed
Transatlantic Telegraph Cable
Telephone
TelephoneInvented by Alexander Graham Bell1876 received the patent for the telephone
Light bulb
1879Thomas EdisonPlatinum light bulbs were already aroundEdison’s light bulbs were cheaper
Stratification of the Classes
Ultra Rich Captains of Industry“Robber Barons”
Middle ClassUltra Poor
Bill GatesMicrosoft
$101,000,000,000 in 1999 currently has $40,000,000,000
Mark ZuckerbergFacebook
Approximately $20,000,000,000
Andrew Carnegie U.S. Steel
$298,300,000,000 $475,000,000
Cornelius VanderbiltRailroad
$143,000,000,000$105,000,000
RockefellerStandard Oil
$663,400,000,000$1,400,000,000 1.5% of U.S. Economy
J.P. Morgan
$1,390,000,000Bailed out the Federal Government during the Panic of 1893
Middle ClassStarts to emerge
First football game: Rutgers vs. Princeton
Cincinnati Red Stockings
Working Class
African Americans
African Americans
Plessy v Ferguson1896Segregation“Separate but equal”
Booker T. WashingtonFounded the Tuskegee InstituteEarn equality
W.E.B. DuBoisFounded the NAACPAgitate for equality