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The lightning rod was invented by Benjamin Franklin and it was placed on the top of a building. When lightning hits the building, the rod would absorb the lightning and prevent anyone from being hurt.
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This economic system was used to not let the government interfere in the workings of the free market.
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James Hargreaves invented this to make it easier for people to sew.
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Was used to quickly and easily separate cotton fibers from their seeds.
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The Battery was invented by Volta and was named Voltaic Pile
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a system developed in the 18th century in which tasks were given to people who completed the work in their own home
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Robert Fulton created the Steamboat and it is run on steam.
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This happened because of the expansion of credit and the banks' unregulated activities. This led to six years of depression.
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a social movement against the consumption of alcoholic beverages.
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Female workers who benefited by working in factories.
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Was used for communication between people using morse code
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Karl Marx believed that the government should intervene to help peoples lives.
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Charles Darwin showed everyone his theory of how humans evolved from apes
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Louis Pasteur believed that germs caused diseases and created vaccines to cure them.
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The telephone was used to communicate directly with one person.
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an electric light which produces light with a filament wire heated to a high temperature by an electric current passing through it, until it glows.
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The idea that natural selection applied to human society became known as Social Darwinism.
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James Naismith invented basketball so that people can play indoors on cold days. It grew into being a worldwide sport.
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The radio was used to communicate throughout the world.
