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There was a lot of shift between 1840-1880. Agriculture society went shifted to Industrial society. Rural shifted to Urban. Farms shifted to factories. Laborers working with hands shifted to laborers working with machines. Women and children working at home shifted to women and children entering the workforce.

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The U.S. went from being a agricultural nation to an industrial nation. So why was the U.S a good fit for the industrialization? That is because they had an abundance of natural resources and a spirit of invention. The population also grew and the government was laissez faire.

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Edwin Drake was the first to successfully drill for oil. The number one use for oil in the mid/late 1800's was kerosene. The bi-product of the oil refining process was gasoline. They discarded it into nearby rivers. As a result, rivers like the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland caught on fire.

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Henry Bessemer came up with the Bessemer Process. The Bessemer Process is an inexpensive way to convert iron into steel. Several ways steel was used in the late 1800's was for machines, bridges, and skyscrapers. It was also used for railroads and barbed wires.

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One new vocab word I learned in this unit was Philanthropist. Philanthropist means a person who donates large amounts of money to charitable organizations to promote social welfare. An example of a philanthropist is Lebron James. Another example is Oprah Winfrey.

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One interesting fact I learned in this unit was that Thomas Edison won 1,093 patents. He is also known as the greatest inventor of all time. He made America's first research lab in Menlo Park. Facebook has now named it's headquarters Menlo Park.

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One way I can connect with the past is that I have many philanthropists of my time. As I said, my generation has people like Lebron James and Oprah Winfrey. Lebron James recently founded the "I Promise" school. This school is aimed at at-risk children.