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Steam Engines
An engine that uses the expansion or rapid condensation of steam to generate power. It was used for transporting goods and passengers. -
Agricultural Revolution
Better farming technology meant more food produced per area of land with less labor. Therefore more food for more people. -
Hygiene
We learned to keep clean and not catch so many diseases because of it. Hygiene products like soap killed bacteria and prevented sickness. -
Clothing
We learnt to make clothes to keep us warm and match whatever weather we need it in. Also clothes kept lice away from you're body -
Vaccines
Allowed medication that made certain diseases immune to people to be invented so we don't die at a young age over a small problem that could easily be fixed. -
Industrial Revolution
The transcontinental railroad, the cotton gin, electricity and other inventions permanently changed society. Allowed transportation and other things. -
Air Conditioning/Cooling
Helped people survive in different climates and temperatures and to make them feel warmer or cooler. -
Antibiotics
Better medicine allowed us to get rid of sicknesses that killed us at a young age. Helped young kids and older people live longer.
