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☆☆☆☆☆The workers went on strike
In 1903 in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright invented the first airplane capable of flight. It was made of wood and canvas.
An increase in the number of factories during the 1800s led to the Industrial Revolution. This was marked by a huge increase in manufacturing production.
the influx of immigrants to industrial cities
Thomas Edison!
after a wave of immigration in the mid-1800s.
The name for Tammy Hall is a New York City political machine
He was a robber baron. He worked for the railroads in California. (A robber baron was a business leader who became wealthy through dishonest methods.)
Less work and more free time
it allowed japan to visit relatives... i think
An increase in leisure activities - Apex
The great awakening
By the late 1800s, railroads carried goods just about everywhere, from coast to coast. In rural areas, horse-drawn carriages could still be seen, and some salesmen (they were most always men back then) used this method of transportation. But mostly, Sears (which was then called Sears Roebuck) became known for their successful mail order business. People would receive the Sears catalog, choose what they wanted, write to Sears to let the company know, and the merchandise would be mailed to them.
The creation of Standard Time and time zones.
The increase in railroads in Europe had nothing to do with United States immigrants.
