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Industrial Revolution (Pages 276-283)
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Erie Canal
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Connected Lake Erie to the Hudson River
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Suez Canal
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This canal helped international trade because it joined the Med. Sea and the Indian Ocean by the Red Sea
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Clipper ships
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American, long-leaning sailing vessels known for their great speed
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Robert Fulton
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Built the first practical steamship, the Clermont
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George Stephenson
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An English inventor who built the first practical steam-powered locomotive
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Gottlieb Daimler
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A German inventor who perfected a gasoline-fueled internal combustion machine
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Rudolf Diesel
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Invented the diesel engine which could power locomotives and ships
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Karl Benz and Henry Ford
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Developed the first modern automobiles
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Samuel Morse
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Perfected the electric telegraph
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Cyrus Field
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Laid the first successful transatlantic telegraph cable
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Alexander Graham Bell
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Patented the telephone which revolutionized communications
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Guglielmo Marconi
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Invented the wireless telegraph and his later work would eventually lead to the development of the radio
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John Dalton
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Proposed the atomic theory
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Michael Faraday
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Discovered the relationship between electricity and magnetism
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Lord Kelvin
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Helped formulate the laws of thermodynamics and introduced an absolute scale for measuring temperature
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James Clerk Maxwell
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Laid the foundation for electrical engineering
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Pierre Curie and Marie
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Discovered two new elements- polonium and radium
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Edward Jenner
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Developed the first vaccine
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Louis Pasteur
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Developed the germ theory of disease
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Thomas Edison
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Established the first modern scientific laboratory and invented the incandescent light bulb
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Joseph Lister
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Introduced the use of antiseptics
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Spanish-American War
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The United States established their position as a world power by defeating Spain
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Panama Canal
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Built by the United States and expanded American influence in the Western Hemisphere
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John D. Rockefeller
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An industrial giant in the oil industry
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Andrew Carnegie
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An industrial giant in the steel industry
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J. P. Morgan
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Excelled in banking
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