WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
IMMIGRATION IN INDUSTRIAL AMERICA
Question
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Richard Sears
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Thomas Edison
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George Westinghouse
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Alexander Graham Bell
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Detailed explanation-1: -One of the most famous and prolific inventors of all time, Thomas Alva Edison exerted a tremendous influence on modern life, contributing inventions such as the incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, and the motion picture camera, as well as improving the telegraph and telephone.
Detailed explanation-2: -Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures.
Detailed explanation-3: -Later phonographs played records. The first ones were in the shape of a cylinder, with the music on the outside. Later records were shaped like discs, or large CDs. Edison loved the phonograph so much that he called it his “baby".
Detailed explanation-4: -By then Edison had a newer, better movie studio in New York City. Edison was one of the inventors of motion pictures, but he should not get all the credit. Other inventors in different parts of the world made important discoveries as well.