Friday, September 16, 2011

[6Becka]

Today we worked on our projects.Chapter 6 Section 1 is mostly about when oil came to use and became needed, how iron was found, and how to make steel out of iron. There are many uses for steel. At first railroads were the main source that used it, but then later McCormick and Deere came up with new farm machinery made of it. Steel made the Brooklynn Bridge. William Le Baron Jenney developed the first actual skyscraper in Chicago around 1883 called The Home Insurance. Steel made it possible for architects to build skyscrapers as high as they wanted, where not even the sky was the limit.
It went on to say the inventions of the new era. such as the Thomas Jefferson and the light bulb. By 1890 electricity ran many machines. Because it was inexpensive, it became used more in homes. Electricity allowed manufacturers to locate their plants where ever they wanted, not just where resources were.
Christopher Sholes invented the type writer in 1867. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876. The inventions of the typewriter and telephone left more job opportunities for women. in 1870 only 5% of women took up office work. Since the new inventions, 40% of women were in office jobs.Industrialization freed some hard workers from back-breaking jobs and helped improve workers' standards of living. By 1890 the regular or average workweek had been reduced by 10 hours.Chapter 6 Section 2 is about