People in the early 20th century were hopeful about the future that innovation might bring. The technology that came out of World War I, and the growing potential brought by electricity (half of all U.S. homes had electric power by 1925) had many looking ahead to the coming century. Futurists of the early 1900s predicted an incredible boom in technology that would transform human lives for the better. (Published Jan. 4, 2018)

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)