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After the Civil War the American economy became more focused on this instead of farming.
Industrialization (Factories)
George Washington Carver invented several uses for this.
Peanuts
Helped transport people and crops to and from the Great Plains.
Transcontinental Railroad
In 1880 the government forced this group onto reservations to make room for pioneers to settle the Great Plains.
Native Americans
Owned a cigar factory and helped workers form labor unions.
Samuel Gompers
Believed that child labor should be abolished
Progressives
Provides women with the right to vote.
19th Amendment
A tool that farmers used to prepare the hard soil in the Great Plains.
Plow
Easier than the telegram because people did not have to learn a new way of communication.
Telephone
The Bessemer process made it easier and cheaper to make products from this material.
Steel
Made workplaces safer.
Lightbulbs
Invented the lightbulb.
Thomas Edison
Known for developing railroads during the 1800's.
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Henry Ford used the first assembly line to manufacture these.
Automobiles
The American Federation of Labor was created to protect the rights of workers.
AFL
The sinking of this ship helped start the Spanish-American War.
U.S.S. Maine
