US History › Section I · The West and big business › Topic I.5
Inventors of the age
In the decades after the Civil War, a flood of inventions in steel, communications and electricity remade American work and home life. Behind the famous names stood teams, rivals and lesser-known inventors whose ideas were just as important.
In this topic
- An age of invention
- Steel: Bessemer and the open hearth
- Worked example: what cheap steel made possible
- Wires across land and sea
- Bell and the telephone
- Edison's invention factory
- Worked example: who invented the light bulb?
- The battle of the currents
- Inventors beyond the famous names
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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