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If the industrial revolution never happened, we could still be living the way we did before the revolution. We could still be transporting goods by horse and buggy. I can relate to this because when I was younger, my family would always go out to Amish country to pick apples and to eat lunch. In Amish country, there is always someone on horse and buggy and I just think about how much harder it is to do that rather than drive a car.

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The most interesting thing I learned is that William McKinley campaigned from his front porch. Most presidential candidates travel the country to campaign. I just thought it was cool how he didn't have to. He was successful and he didn't have to spend too much money to campaign.

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I learned two new vocab words from this unit. One is gold bug, a gold bug is a political stance that supports the use of gold only to back the U.S's money. Another word I learned is silverite. A silverite is a stance that supports both gold and silver to be used to back our printed money.

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Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. The light bulb might be one of the best inventions of all time. People could now have light anytime and anywhere. Thomas Edison also had over 1,000 patents in the united states, still the most for one person.

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He created the telephone. The telephone led to many new jobs and new experiences for people. It made it much easier for people to communicate, people could hear the tone of peoples voices now. People could now communicate across country easier and faster now

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Another big idea of the industrial revolution was the transcontinental railroad. This was a result of the industrial revolution, the railroad changed America. The railroad made it easier for farmers to transport their goods across the country. However, the railroad companies jacked the prices, causing the government to take action for the first time taking part of the american economy.

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One big idea of the industrial revolution is the U.S. becoming an industrialized nation, rather than based off of farming. The U.S was well fit for this because of all the natural resources. We had the imagination to use the resources well. Many of the worlds greatest inventions came from inventors in the U.S. The Industrialization of the U.S led to many more positive influences in America.