6-1 Cleveland ohio was a glarge growing city in the mid eighteen seventies on the shores of lake erie which gave them acces to raw materials. REady to wear clothing became one of clevelands most favored industries. clothing era's peak. steel very expensive in 1860 only for swords. Hohn D Rockefeller dominated the oil business 1876 thomas edison establhished first laboratory in Melno Park, new jersey 1880 improved the pattented lightbulb. chris sholes invinted the typewriter in 1867 alexander bell age 29 and thomas waston made the second best invention the telephone these two helped women get jobs. CLothes became automatically produced.
6-2 Richard Ely visited a town that George M Pullman created for his railroad workers and at first Richard ely liked it. After talking to an employee it wasn't as great. It didn't allow the town to go anywhere. Railroads ca used many different changes in life like time xones and allowed towns and communities to grow. Railroads provided reliable ways to get town to townand made western expansion faster. Government gave railroad companies huge land grants and loans because they realized how big of an oportunity it was to expand and develop our country. 1869 is when the two railroads crossed at Promontory, Utah. marked the spot with a golden spike. A transcontinental railroad is one that crosses the country. WE had 30000 miles of railroad at the beginning of the sivil war and after six years we had six times that. 4 time zones in USA. 2000 killed and 20000 injured by injuns attackin the railroads.
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