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Alexander Graham Bell - Inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone. and both his mother and wife were deaf which greatly influenced his inventions. He was born on March 3, 1847. He was born in Scotla

From 1850-1870 William Megear “Boss” Tweed was the iconic corruption for the government.   His rise in politics resulted in the shift in traditional structure of the government from the hands of the rich to the aspirant minds of the poor with hopes o

     Have you ever been stranded without light? Did this scare you? Be thankful that we have light, and many other very useful inventions. We can thank many inventors and scientists for these, one in particular being Thomas A. Edison.

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     Orville Wright, born on August 19^th 1871 in Dayton Ohio, and Wilbur Wright, born on April 16^th 1867 in Milville Indiana, were two brothers out of seven children in the Wright family. Both brothers attended high school but were cut short of recei

        An Electoral College is a group of people determined by the population of a state and their senators who cast their votes for the running presidential and V.P. candidates. When we cast our votes for the presidential candidates, we are actual

The telegraph was a revolutionary invention. It was one of the earliest forms of instant or near instant messaging. Other inventions and ideas also came about from this invention. The telegraph played a very important role in U.S. history. Without it

Labor unions began in the 19th century. They led efforts against child labor, tried getting health benefits, and provide aid for workers who were injured or retired. It didn’t work out the first time because lack of leadership, bad organization, and

At the end of the American Civil War members of Congress attempted to destroy the white power structure of the Rebel states. The Freeman's Bureau was established by Congress on 3rd March, 1865. The bureau was designed to protect the interests of slav

SteamBoat

I am doing my assigned blog on the Steamboat. In 1769 James Watt patented the first improved steam engine. The Steam Engine was created during the Industrial Revolution. The idea to make Steamboats or use a Steam Engine for any other new tec

Steamboat

Steamboats were an important part in travel in the 18^th century. Helping people almost every day.  Without The boat, traveling and shipping would have been much harder to do. People could never go up a river but with this invention, people c

Rome

• Geography
  • Built on 7 rolling hills around the Tiber river
  • Half way between the alps and the southern tip
  • The early years
    • From 1000 to 500 bc
    • Three main groups
      • Latins
      • Greeks
        • 750 to 600 bc established colonies in southern Italy and Sicily
        • Became prosperou

I had the Housings in the cities.

During the 1880s and 1890s, cities like New York, Boston, and Chicago became very popular for homes of the immigrants. They came from Italy, Russia and Eastern Europe. Chicago had the first skyscrapers. Most of the im

Andrew Fleming

            Over the years many people have made great discoveries to improve our nation. People made trains, cars, sewing machines, and so many other things that are used every day. One thing that has improved a lot around the world i

Andrew Carnegie

When you picture industrialized America, you most likely see in your mind bustling cities, powerful machinery, and gigantic skyscrapers, and you are exactly correct. If you look closely at each of these necessary things, from transport

John Rockefeller was born on July 8, 1839, in Richford, New York. Rockefeller was not afraid of hard work and labor which is why he became a success later on in life. He died on May 23, 1937 in Ormond Beach, Florida.

John D. Rockefeller was born on Ju

 In 1862, the pacific railroad act chartered the central pacific and the union pacific railroad companies. The transcontinental railroad linked the railroad from the east to the west. It was essentially a way to unify America. The union pacific and t

Oral tests will start tomorrow in class.   Bolded%20Items%20for%20U.S.%20History%20review%20Chap%205-8.docx   The bolded questions are the ones that I played the review game with.

There was many different entertainment that had been started in the 1800’s. This is that I will tell you about is amusement parks, roller coasters and baseball.

First is all about the Amusement parks with shops. The first amusement park that was made

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