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Bessemer Converter
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A process, created by Henry Bessemer, which produced steel faster by using extreme heat.
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Telegraph
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A way to communicate using wires, created by Samuel Morse.
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Telephone
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A way to communicate using audio, created by Alexander Graham Bell.
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Electric Light
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A device which produces light using electricity, created by Thomas Edison.
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Airplane
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A way to travel through the air, created by Orville and Wilbur Wright.
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Automatic Air Brakes
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Created by George Westinghouse, this invention allowed a locomotive and all of its cars to stop at the same time, making travel safer.
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Camera/Film
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Devices that could capture and record moving images.
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Department Stores/Chain Stores/ Mail Order Stores
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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.
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Transcontinental Railroad
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The railroad which stretched across the entire United States, formed by a merge of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads.
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