Module 4-4
Orville and Wilbur Wright
Brothers who flew the first airplane
Daniel Burnham
Chicago architect
City Planning
Daniel Burnham helped turn avoided areas into recreational ones
Frederick Law Olmsted
Developer of Central Park
Louis Sullivan
Early leader of architecture
Name two technological advances that helped make cities more livable.
Elevators, skyscrapers,
Food Supply
Fritz Haber helped develop food supply with refrigerated cars and fertilizer, allowing for more growing and distribution
Kodak Camera
George Eastman, with help from the original camera, allowed people to take pictures as events were happening
George Eastman
Inventor of the camera
Airmail
Wilbur/Orville Wright and planes, along with the internal combustion engine, allowed for faster mail delivery
Suspension Bridge
With the help of John Roebling, elevators and steel skeletons, it allowed for better and easier public transportation
Skyscraper
With the help of Louis Sullivan and Daniel Burnham, inventions like the steel skeleton and lightbulbs, Skyskrapers helped more people live on a smaller plot of land.
Name two inventions that helped change the world of communications.
printing press, camera
web-perfecting press
with huge amounts of paper from wood pulp, newspapers became cheaper.
Electric transit.
with the help of the lightbulb, it allowed for better and easier public transportation