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329440402George StephensonBuilt the first steampowered locomotive.0
329440403Robert FultonBuilt the first steamship in the 1820s.1
329440404Eli WhitneyInvented the cotton gin, thereby allowing massive amounts if cotton to be quickly processed in the Americas and exported to Europe.2
329440405The TelegraphInvented in 1837 by Samuel Morse. Allowed people to communicate across great distances within seconds.3
329720471The TelephoneInvented in 1876 by Alexanader Graham Bell.4
329720472The LightbulbInvented in 1879 by Thomas Edison.5
329720473The RadioInvented in the 1890s by Marconi Guglielmo.6
329720474Charles Darwindeveloped the concept of evolution by means of natural selction.7
329750073Social DarwinistsApplied Charles Darwin's biological theory of natural selction to sociology.8
329750074Sino-French WarWhen the rising imperial power of Japan wanted in on the action.9
329750075karl MarxA German economist and philosopher who spent a good part of his life living in poverty.10
329750076Social MobilityThe ability of a person to workhis way up from one social class to th next became more commonplace.11
329750077Robert CliveRaised an effective army that ridded the subcontinent of the French.12
329750078Factory Act of 1883Which limited the hours of each workday, restricted children from working in factories.13
329750079The AirplaneInvented in 1903 by Orville and Wilbur Wrights.14
329750080The Internal Combustion EngineInvented in 1885 by Gottlieb Daimler.15
329750081Treaty of ShimonosekiChina was forced to hand over controlof Taiwan and grant the Japanaese trading rights similar to those it had granted Europe.16
329750082Trade UnionIs a union for trading.17
329750083Wage laborIs how workers get paid.18
329750084NationalismLoyalty and pride in ones country.19

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