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| these individuals opposed immigration |
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| invented that steel-tipped plow in 1837 |
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| this machine separated the grain from the stalk |
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| a horse-drawn wagon that traveled on city streets |
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| is defined as "an unfair opinion not based on fact" |
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| were united by a network of railroad track |
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| increased the rate at which clothing was produced |
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| a horse–drawn wagon on rails that traveled city streets |
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| designed the first steamboat and change river travel |
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| of northern cities began to grow as more factories sprang up |
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| invented and constructed the first mechanical reaper |
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| wanted to decrease immigration into the United States |
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| this American inventor transmitted the first telegraph message |
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| that were wider and deeper allowed steamboats to travel on major rivers |
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| were discriminated against by being paid less than men for the same work |
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| a railed streetcar attached to an overhead cable that moved moved under steam-powered engine |
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| workers of the same skill formed these organizations to improve their working conditions |
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| this method of transportation was powered by steam engines and used inland waterways |
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| streamlines fast steamships withTall masts and large sales that were designed for ocean travel |
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| a system that brings all of the manufacturing steps together in one place to increase efficiency |
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| designed and built the first United States (American) steam locomotive called Tom Thumb in 1830 |
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| the second largest group to arrive in the United States between 1820 and 1860 came from Germany |
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| the three resources that are needed to produce goods and services are land, labor, and capital |
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| stage strikes in order to put pressure on employers so that they could receive higher wages and shorter workdays |
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| a famous quotation that was chosen to be the first message transmitted by the telegraph |
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| this invention ensured that raising wheat would remain the main economic activity in the Midwestern prairies |
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| the unfair or unequal treatment of the group because a persons race religion ethnic background or a place of birth |
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| a system that transmits messages by using a variety of dots and dashes to represent the letters of the alphabet, numbers, and punctuation |
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| this device or system used electric signals to transmit messages by code over wires, and thus filled the need for a method of communication that kept up with industrial growth and fast – paced travel |
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an extreme shortage of food
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