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Inventors
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison and his workshop patented 1,093 inventions. Included in this were the phonograph, the incandescent light bulb, and the motion picture. He was the most famous inventor of his time and his inventions had a huge impact on America's growth and history.
Samuel F. B. Morse
Samuel Morse invented the telegraph which greatly increased the ability of information to move from one location to another. Along with the creation of the telegraph, he invented morse code which is still learned and used today.
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876. This invention allowed communication to extend to individuals. Before the telephone businesses had to rely on the telegraph.
Elias Howe/Isaac Singer
Elias Hower and Isaac Singer both were involved in the invention of the sewing machine. This revolutionized the garment industry and made the Singer corporation one of the first modern industries.
Cyrus McCormick
Cyrus McCormick invented the mechanical reaper which made the harvesting of grain more efficient and faster. This helped farmers have more time to devote to other chores.
George Eastman
George Eastman invented the Kodak camera. This inexpensive box camera allowed individual to take black and white pictures to preserve their memories and historical events.
Charles Goodyear
Charles Goodyear invented vulcanized rubber. This technique allowed rubber to have many more uses due to its ability to stand up to bad weather. Interestingly, many believe the technique was found by mistake. Rubber became important in industry as it could withstand large amounts of pressure.
Erie Canal

Lyddie
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Lyddie is the powerful story of a poor thirteen-year-old farm girl from Vermont who goes to work in a factory in Lowell, Massachusetts to repay her family's debts. The novel provides the reader with a window into the difficult life of a Lowell Mill Girl.
Write Journal Entries in your notebook.

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Lyddie is the powerful story of a poor thirteen-year-old farm girl from Vermont who goes to work in a factory in Lowell, Massachusetts to repay her family's debts. The novel provides the reader with a window into the difficult life of a Lowell Mill Girl.
As we read the novel you willWrite Journal Entries in your notebook.
Entries should be asked to respond to prompts on3 paragraphs
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Paragraph 2 - significance of the Wikiincident to what was discussed in class
Paragraph 3 - your reaction to what was in the passage.

Lewis and Clark Expedition
Thomas Jefferson Expands Power
Jefferson Builds Monticello

Lowell had its share of problems, too. A rule stated that girls should contain their hair in a net. However, vanity prevailed and many girls were injured or killed when long hair caught in heavy machinery. Deafness, either partial or total was the price paid for listening to the overwhelming noise of the power looms. One of the girls described the aftermath of having worked there as hearing crickets chirping in her ears all the time.
Poor air quality was by far the greatest risk of all of these mills. Windows were nailed shut and steam was regularly sprayed into the air to maintain humidity. This kept cotton threads from drying out and snapping in the looms. Free-floating cotton lint was inhaled, often causing extremely debilitating pulmonary ailments which resulted in girls leaving the mills, never to return. We can only imagine the darkness of the mill, illuminated only by air-polluting whale oil lamps which hung burning from a post at each loom. In spite of these issues, when one girl left, another was waiting to take her place. The lure of high wages was just too compelling.