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With the invention of the combustible engine I am able to ride the bus to school. Although this invention is over a hundred years old and helped start the industrial revolution it helps me get to school each day.

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I had no idea what a Pullman car was. This unit taught me that it is a sleeper car at the end of a train. They were made in Pullman , Illinois. This town was the location of the nations first labor strike.

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The most interesting thing I learned was how children were used as slave laborers. Overworked and underpaid children did dangerous jobs. One was dynamiting in coal mines. Not until the labor unions came along was this practice stopped.

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John D. Rockefeller is considered the wealthiest American of all time. He was a wealthy, influential businessman that made a fortune in the oil industry. As the county's need for gasoline and kerosene skyrocketed so did Rockefeller's wealth. Lived and had his business located in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Thomas Edison considered Americas greatest inventor . Had over 1,000 patents. Invented the light bulb and electric power generation. He was on of the first to apply the principles of mass production. His research lab was located in Menlo Park, New Jers

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Technological advances such as electricity and the steam engine changed the face of society. Inventions like these changed the economy from farming to an industrial one. It moved people from rural areas to urban ones. This population shift moved workers into cities and off the farm.

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The mass production of goods helped the common people. It reduced the average costs of goods because more was being produced. This helped the lives of many of the factory workers. When they were able to afford the products they were making the economy soared.