2. TECHNOLOGY IN U.S.A
• First men who stepped on the moon in 1969 were
American.
• It is one of the largest nations in the world as well as the
most technologically powerful nation in the world.
• The availability of land and labor and the abundance of
natural resources, fast transport and capital all
contributed to America’s industrialization.
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3. History of Train in U.S.A.
• The De Witt Clinton was one of the first locomotives in
America between 1820 & 1830.
• The idea was came to connect New York and Philadelphia
with carriages drawn by steam engines.
• The mid 1830s several companies were using steam-
powered locomotives to move train cars on rail tracks.
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5. • The early railroads were poorly integrated and it is mostly used
to transport goods rather than traveling directly between cities.
• The first line between the USA and Canada was the Atlantic & St
Lawrence Railroad in 1853.
• Thomas Davenport demonstrated a small, electrically powered
locomotive engine in 1835.
• Then streetcar system took place in 1888.
• This became the prototype for trams in many cities of the USA
and throughout the world.
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6. Native Americans in U.S.A.
• North America has been inhabited continuously and the
earliest inhabitants were nomadic.
• These first Native Americans relied upon chipped stone
spearheads and boats clad in animal-hides for hunting in
the Arctic.
• These people dispersed in Pacific northwest where they
began to make permanent settlements and build wooden
houses.
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8. • People living on the plains remained largely nomadic and
became leather workers as they hunted buffalo.
• Tribes in the eastern woodlands and Mississippian Valley
developed extensive trade networks, built pyramid-like
mounds and practiced substantial agriculture.
• The populations of these peoples were small and their rate
of technological change was very low.
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9. Factories and Mills in U.S.A.
• In the mid 1780s, Oliver Evans invented an automated flour
mill that included a grain elevator and hopper.
• By the turn of the century, Evans also developed one of
the first high-pressure steam engines and began
establishing a network of machine workshops to
manufacture and repair these popular inventions.
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10. • Between 1800 and 1820, new industrial tools that rapidly
increased the quality and efficiency of manufacturing
emerged.
• Simeon North suggested using division of labor to increase
the speed with which a complete pistol could be
manufactured which led to the development of a milling
machine in 1798.
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12. • As the country grew even larger with the admission of
Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio by 1803, the only means of
transportation between these landlocked western states
and their coastal neighbors was by foot, pack animal, or
ship. Recognizing the success of Roman roads in unifying
that empire, political and business leaders in the United
States began to construct roads and canals to connect the
disparate parts of the nation.
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13. • Early toll roads were constructed and owned by joint stock
companies that sold stock to raise construction capital.
• Despite the new efficiencies introduced by the turnpikes
and canals, travel along these routes was still time-
consuming and expensive.
• Then the idea of inventing a steamboat came into
consideration and it is the north river steamboat.
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14. • The north river steamboat made its first trip from New
York City north on the Hudson River to Albany on August
17, 1807.
• By 1820, steamboat services had been established on all
the Atlantic tidal rivers and Chesapeake Bay.
• The speed of the steamboats decreased travel times
between coastal ports and upstream cities by weeks and
costs for transporting goods along these rivers by as much
as 90%.
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20. HISTORY OF EDUCATION
• In 20th century, schools were well equipped.
• Covers the trends in educational philosophy, formal & informal
learning.
• First school were opened in 17 th centuries.
• Boston Latin school was founded in 1635.
• People were taught by churches, families, communities etc.
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21. SOUTH PART OF AMERICA
• Planter class of people hired tutors or sent their children to
schools.
• In virginia,rudimentry schooling was for poor people.
• In Georgia, more than 10 grammar schools were opened by
ministers in1770.
• Many of these were free for both for boys and girls.
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22. EDUCATION FOR FEMALES
• Tax-supported schooling for females began in 1767.
• In school lacking places schooling was mainly for boys and few
privileged girls.
• For affair works men needed to read and write.
• Females were needed only to read.
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23. REPUBLICAN MOTHERHOOD
• In early 19th century role of republican motherhood was
developed.
• It was the principle of equating a successful republic with
vitreous family by U.S. families.
• By 1840s few writers became models and advocates for female
education.
• This idea greatly enhanced the status of women and need of
education for them.
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24. TEXTBOOKS
• Schools books were brought up in 17 th century
• Webster’s Speller was blueprint for American text books.
• This was very easy for both teachers and student.
• This book only brought the concept of civics .
• Reformation of American English was done to preserve
republican purity and social stability.
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25. GROWTH OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS
• After revolution, emphasis was put on education in northern
states.
• By1870,all states had free elementary schools.
• This time US population had highest literacy rates.
• In 1821 Boston started first public school.
• By close of 19th century private schools started coming into
existence.
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26. Secondary schools
• In 1880, American high schools were preparatory academies for
colleges,
• But by 1910 they had been transformed into core elements of the
common school system.
• Number of students from 200,000(1890)to 1,000,000(1910), to
almost 2,000,000(1920).
• 7% of youths aged 14 to 17 were enrolled in 1890, rising to 32% in
1920.
• Vocational education added(1910).
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27. College preparation
• In the 1865-1914 era high schools increased in number,
• Adjusted their curriculum to prepare students for the growing state
and private universities.
• German was second, spoken language before World War I.
• After war French was 2nd language.
• 1960s,Spanish became popular.
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28. Teachers
• Teachers organized themselves during the 1920s and 1930s.
• There were two groups formed to support the high school
movement.
• National Education Association (NEA)
• American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
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29. Higher education
• There was an emphasis on literacy so that people could read the
Bible.
• Students were taught in Greek, Latin, geometry, ancient
history, logic, ethics.
• With few discussions and no lab sessions.
• There were no schools of law in the colonies.
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30. Impact of colleges in 19th century
• Colleges helped young men make the transition from rural farms to
complex urban occupations.
• These colleges especially promoted upward mobility by preparing
ministers, and brought development.
• The elite Eastern colleges, especially Harvard (1636) played the
most important role in bringing revolution in education system.
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31. Education in the 1960s and 1970s
• Inequality-Black schools were funded on a nearly equal basis by
the 1960s, and that black students benefited from racially mixed
classrooms.
• Special education-In 1975 Congress passed Public Law 94-142,
Education for All Handicapped Children Act.
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32. Reform efforts in the 1980s
• In 1983, the National Commission on Excellence in Education
• Increased the number of school days per year,
• Longer school days
• Higher testing standards.
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33. 1990s
• Gulf war.
• Google was introduced.
• Increase in school violence and drug addiction.
• Focus shifted to technology.
• Equal opportunities for disabled.
• Decrease in no of students and their standards.
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34. Education system today
• Education is mainly provided by the public sector.
• Funding coming from three levels: federal, state, and local.
• Child education is compulsory.
• Three levels:
• Elementary school,
• Middle school,
• High school.
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