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First Industrial Revolution
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Industrialism throughout US History
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Invention of the Watt Steam Engine
James Watt improved upon the Newcomen steam engine design and noted how inefficient it was and set forth to redesign it. Watt's engine proved to be effective and was one of the cornerstone inventions of the Industrial Revolution. -
Invention of the Cotton Gin
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View of St. Louis
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Invention of the Telegraph
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Invention of the Bessemer process
Henry Bessemer invents a process for making steel out of iron and this process aids in the rise of steel mills and the steel industry in addition to the development of modern man. -
Second Industrial Revolution
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Excavation at Night
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World War I
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The Steel Mill