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04/24/2015

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creator of the sewing maching
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Elias Howe
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Who created a woolen factory in lowell MA after Samuel Slater pirated his own textile factory?
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John and Arthur Schofield
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who invented barbed wire
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Joseph Glidden
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Name for a Mexican Cowboy
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vaquero
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Philipino revolutionary who led a 3 year insurrection against their new american colonizers
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Emilio Aquinaldo
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The law implemented to enforce the Eighteenth Amendment, that encouraged abuse.
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VOLSTEAD ACT
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declared that female independence could be accomplished only with proper BIRTH CONTROL methods.
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MARGARET SANGER
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Racial fears, affordable housing, and the desire to leave decaying cities were all factors that prompted many white Americans to flee to SUBURBIA. And no individual promoted suburban growth more than...
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William Levitt
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Who coined the term rock and roll?
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Alan Freed
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Who created the seed drill
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Jethro Tull
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Who created the Steam Engine
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James Watt
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Who invented the spinning Jenny?
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James Hargreves
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What inventions transformed the textile industry in britain?
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The spinning jenny, the water frame (Richard Arkwright), the spinning mule (Samuel Crompton), and the power loom (run by water, Samuel Cartwright)
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Who made the first railroad in Britain and what was his train's name?
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George Stephenson and his train's name was rocket
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