Unit 6 1700 to 1914

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  • Period: to

    US Revolution

  • Cotton Gin invented

  • Queen Victoria gets coronated

  • Period: to

    Mexican American War

  • The Communist Manifesto published

    The ideas in this book will lead to many wars both hot and cold.
  • Period: to

    US Civil War

  • Dynamite is invented

    This lead to many applications in mining and allowed for the creation of the Nobel prize named after the inventor of dynamite Alfred Nobel.

  • Suez Canal is completed

  • Labor unions gain the right to strike

    This was a start to better conditions in factories that were terible during the industrialist era

  • Light Bulb is invented

  • Period: to

    Berlin Conference divides Africa

  • Oil is discovered in the Middle East

  • The first Ford Model T automobile begins production

  • Panama Canal opened