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in 1863 Rockefeller set up an oil refinery in Ohio. He began producing products such as kerosine.
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The route of the first transcontinental railroad.
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Christopher Scholes invented the first practical and modern type-writer. This invention evolutionized the way people write and it led to the invention of a computer.
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Joseph Glidden invents barbed wire. This invention affected society by keeping cattle in a boundary, and them easier to collect.
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Thomas Edison invented the phonogrph. It change how people felt about music.
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Thomas Alva Edison invented the lightbulb. This invention affected society by allowing people to work at night, without the use of fire.
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railroads began using steel
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Big businesses are now, no longer to have total control of a product with no competition.
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John Froelich invented the tractor. This invention impacted society by making farmining easier.
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more than 163,000 miles of track had been laid since 1863.
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Andrew Carnegie discovered that iron wasn’t strong enough for the railroad. steel was needed to make the tracks stronger, but was too expensive to use, so Andrew had people invent a way to make steel cheaper.
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Orville and Wilbur Wright invented the airplaine. This invention affected society by making it simple to get any where in the world, without having to travel by boat.
