History Flashcards

(11 cards)

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Spinning Jenny

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Reduced the amount of work needed to produce yarn with a worker able to work eight or more spools at once

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Steam engine

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Inventor: James watt

Could power machines automatically and led to the development of moving vehicles.

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Cotton gin

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Inventor: Eli Whitney

Allowed cotton to be cleaned

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4
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Steel process

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Inventor: Henry Bessemer

Could produce steel that was strong and cheap

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5
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Smallpox vaccine

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Inventor: Edward Jenner

Safely prevented people from catching the deadly disease

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6
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Radio

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Gugliemo marconi

Allowed for distribution of radio waves

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7
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Phonograph

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Thomas Edison

Could automatically play music that people could listen to in their homes

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8
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Model t automobile

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Henry ford

IRS mass produced cars on the assembly line

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9
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Germ theory

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Louis Pasteur

Showed that disease was caused by germs

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10
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Phone

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Alexander graham bell

His invention allowed for improved communication

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Airplane

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Wright brothers

Created and tested the first functional airplane

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