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Side A ------ Side B
   Bessemer Converter
     ------ A process, created by Henry Bessemer, which produced steel faster by using extreme heat.
Telegraph
   ------ A way to communicate using wires, created by Samuel Morse.
   Telephone
  ------ A way to communicate using audio, created by Alexander Graham Bell.
  Electric Light
    ------ A device which produces light using electricity, created by Thomas Edison. 
Airplane
   ------ A way to travel through the air, created by Orville and Wilbur Wright.
 Automatic Air Brakes
     ------ Created by George Westinghouse, this invention allowed a locomotive and all of its cars to stop at the same time, making travel safer.
Camera/Film
     ------ Devices that could capture and record moving images. 
 Department Stores/Chain Stores/ Mail Order Stores
    ------ Stores in which you could get: several items, the same items everywhere, and goods from far away straight to your door. Common manufacturers were John Wanamaker,Woolworth, and Sears and Roebuck. 
  Transcontinental Railroad ------ The railroad which stretched across the entire United States, formed by a merge of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads.

Side A ------ Side B
   Bessemer Converter
     ------ A process, created by Henry Bessemer, which produced steel faster by using extreme heat.
Telegraph
   ------ A way to communicate using wires, created by Samuel Morse.
   Telephone
  ------ A way to communicate using audio, created by Alexander Graham Bell.
  Electric Light
    ------ A device which produces light using electricity, created by Thomas Edison. 
Airplane
   ------ A way to travel through the air, created by Orville and Wilbur Wright.
 Automatic Air Brakes
     ------ Created by George Westinghouse, this invention allowed a locomotive and all of its cars to stop at the same time, making travel safer.
Camera/Film
     ------ Devices that could capture and record moving images. 
 Department Stores/Chain Stores/ Mail Order Stores
    ------ Stores in which you could get: several items, the same items everywhere, and goods from far away straight to your door. Common manufacturers were John Wanamaker,Woolworth, and Sears and Roebuck. 
  Transcontinental Railroad ------ The railroad which stretched across the entire United States, formed by a merge of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads.