We talked about our next assigned blog. It's on either our family history or chapter 5-9 again. Today was a blog discussion day. Railroads- Indians thought the railroads were threats when they came through their land. Railroads increased trade, cut travel time, safer than wagons. Andrew Carnige- invented his own steel company, it became a big company, he gave away a lot of his money. John Rockefeller- created standard monopoly with oil. Factories- had a lot of moving parts that weren't covered, kids worked because they were cheap labor and they could reach into small places. 18th Amendment-prohibition- companies couldn't sell, manufacture, or transport alcholic drinks in the U.S. Native Americans- lived in great plains, traded furs, Spanish introduced them to guns and horses. Entertainment- 1800's amusement parks, bicycling, tennis, baseball for white males, Negro legue for black males. Thomas Edison- light bulb, first invention- tin foil phonograph, made a company to sell the phonograph. Ellis Island- off of New York, 12 million immigrants went through there. Sitting Bull- raised in South Dakota, at age 14, he became a warrior.
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