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14 Cards in this Set
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What was the Enclosure Movement?
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English landowners began buying up village lands and fencing them in. The charged people for use of the land.
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JAMES WATT
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Watt figured out a way to make a steam engine which got four times as much power as coal could produce.
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ELI WHITNEY
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Made a machine to remove the seeds from cotton and invented interchangeable parts.
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ROBERT FULTON
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In 1807, he added a steam engine to the ship "Clermont". The steam engine powered a paddle wheel.
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GOTLIEB DAIMLER
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Built the first internal combustion engine fueled by gasoline.
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HENRY FORD
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First to introduce the assembly line (Mass Production)to speed up production. It was efficient and produced goods cheaper.
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WILBUR AND ORVILLE WRIGHT
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Built the first airplane.
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RUDOLF DIESEL
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Built the first diesel internal combustion engine.
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GEORGE STEPHENSON
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Built the first locomotive called the "Rocket" which ran at 36 miles per hour.
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JAMES HARGREAVES
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Invented the Spinning Jenny.
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HENRY BESSEMER
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Invented process for producing stronger steel.
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THOMAS EDISON
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Invented electric lighting.
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SAMUEL MORSE
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Invented the telegraph and Morse code.
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ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
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Invented the first telephone.
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