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Something that connects from the past to today is the inventions. The inventions from then some are still used. Everyday items that i use are only there because of what was made from that era. The factory's that produce these's items that impact me started because of the industrial revolution.

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Most inserting thing i learned was the big business's and how much power they had. When the industrial revolution hit you had a select few who became rich and had power. Also how the business men controlled congress. So congress became just a figure head. Until Theodore Roosevelt came in and changed how the country worked and ran.

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Someone who wants to help the welfare of others by giving large amounts of money. Usually its from people who are rich. That want to give back to the nation. To help the people

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Steam ships revolutionized the way people went on the water.
You no longer need skilled people to work the sails it was power by coal. It help how long it took to cross the sea's. Which made trade better and faster to get products over to different countries. That couldn't make the journey before.

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The railroads were one the biggest advancements to history. It made transportation easy, faster and better. In america when the transcontinental railroad was created. It made the country from regional to national for goods and trade. Which made states specialize in items or crops that were easy to make their, and made the states rely on each other for different items.

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Rockefeller was a business man in oil. He got big in the 1870's. In the 1880's he had a monopoly on oil. That's why the Sherman anti trust act was created. He also is considered the richest man in modern history.

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Thomas Edison was a big person in the industrial revolution. He had over 1000 patents. One of the big patents he has was the light bulb. The light bulb stopped many fires and a better way of light.