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Tripolitan War
The first American war, also known as the First Barbary War, fought fully in foreign lands where America refused to pay for piracy.
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Napoleonic Wars
Napoleon Bonaparte led France into a series of wars brought on from the French Revolution where French power rose and then fell.
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Louisiana Purchase
The US negotiated a price to purchase land from France.
https://www.monticello.org/thomas-jefferson/louisiana-lewis-clark/the-louisiana-purchase/ -
Steamboat Trip
The first successful steamboat trip across the Hudson River by inventor Robert Fulton.
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War of 1812
The United States and its allies fought in the War of 1812 over maritime violations from Great Britain.
https://www.history.com/topics/war-of-1812/battle-of-new-orleans -
Steam Locomotive
George Stephenson built the first steam locomotive used to carry coal.
https://railroad.lindahall.org/essays/locomotives.html -
Stethoscope
Rene Laennec invented the stethoscope by carving a wooden flute.
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Missouri Compromise
Missouri was admitted into the United States as a slave state.
https://guides.loc.gov/missouri-compromise#:~:text=In%20an%20effort%20to%20preserve,Maine%20as%20a%20free%20state.&text=In%201854%2C%20the%20Missouri%20Compromise,by%20the%20Kansas%2DNebraska%20Act. -
Electromagnet
Electrician William Sturgeon harnessed electrical energy to be used in controlling machinery with his electromagnet invention. -
Matches
Chemist John Walker invented friction lights when he scraped the tip of a coated potassium chloride-antimony sulfide paste between sandpaper.
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Microphone
The term microphone was termed by Charles Wheatstone, a physicist known for creating the telegraph.
https://lossenderosstudio.com/article.php?subject=14 -
Sewing Machine
The rudimentary sewing machine was created by the Barthelemy Thimonnier.
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Colt Breech Loading Revolver
Samuel Colt patented the Colt revolver to be shot several times without reloading.
https://todayincthistory.com/2019/02/25/february-25-samuel-colt-patents-the-worlds-first-practical-revolver/ -
Anesthesia
Dr. William Morton, a dentist, created the first anesthesia used to help relieve pain while extracting a tooth.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/the-painful-story-behind-modern-anesthesia -
Mexican-American War
The war fought between the United States and Mexico over the border lines separating the two.
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Modern Sewing Machine
The first lockstitch sewing machine was patented by Elias Howe which reformed the sewing industry and allowed for mass production of clothing.
https://www.asme.org/topics-resources/content/elias-howe -
American Civil War
War fought between the northern states of the US and the southern states over slavery.
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/brief-overview-american-civil-war -
Machine Gun
Richard Gatling patented the first machine gun after having successfully invented the Gatlin gun.
https://patentyogi.com/this-day-in-patent-history/this-day-in-patent-history-on-november-4-1862-richard-gatling-received-a-patent-for-the-machine-gun/ -
Plastic
Alexander Parkes discovered that cellulose was heated, it could be molded into a form that would keep its shape when cooled called plastic.
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Telephone Patented
Alexander Graham Bell is credited with the first patented telephone although others invented the ideas surrounding the creation of the telephone.
https://www.loc.gov/everyday-mysteries/technology/item/who-is-credited-with-inventing-the-telephone/#:~:text=The%20date%20was%20February%2014,rather%20than%20honor%20Gray's%20caveat. -
Phonograph
From his inventions of the telegraph and the telephone, Thomas Edison successfully invented the phonograph. -
Motion Pictures
Eadweard Muybridge mounted pictures on a spinning disk and projected the images on to a screen showing the first motion pictures.
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Automobile
Karl Benz put together a two-passenger seat on wheels with a four-stroke engine to create the first motorized automobile.
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Spanish-American War
War between Spain and the United States that resulted in the US acquiring territories in the western Pacific and Latin America.
https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/spanish-american-war
