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Invention #1

Invention #1. Sewing Machine Elias Howe Revolutionized the clothing industry and people began to buy their own clothes instead of making them. Invention #2. Electricity Thomas Edison Did not invent electricity or a light bulb

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Invention #1

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  1. Invention #1 • Sewing Machine • Elias Howe • Revolutionized the clothing industry and people began to buy their own clothes instead of making them.

  2. Invention #2 • Electricity • Thomas Edison • Did not invent electricity or a light bulb • Invented a practical way to use electricity for light in your house • Gas was used up until this point

  3. Invention #3 • Telephone • Alexander Graham Bell • It was an accident when he was fiddling with a transmitter after he spilled acid on himself

  4. Industry #1 • Oil Industry • John D. Rockefeller • Rockefeller put his competitors out of business by buying all of the oil businesses. • Rockefeller created a monopoly in the oil industry.

  5. Industry #2 • Steel Industry • Andrew Carnegie • Carnegie tried to beat his competition by making the best and cheapest product. • Sold his company to J.P. Morgan, the nation’s top banker, for $480 million.

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