Typewriters

          The typewriter built by Pellegrino Turri in 1808 was the first proven to work.  Inventors and businesses worked with typewriters in the 19th century.  The Sholes & Glidden Type Writer ( invented by Christopher Sholes and Carlos Glidden) was introduced into the American markets in 1874, and was considered one of  the most influential at the time.  Christopher L. Sholes was a poet, a newspaperman, and an inventor.  It only typed capital letters and is the origin of the QWERTY keyboard, made to prevent type bars getting stuck together in the frequently used keys.  After it's creation, the QWERTY keyboard quickly became the most popular and beat out the original keyboard formats. The typewriter helped businesses by making it easier to create receipts and documents. It also made communication easier, and helped bring up intelligence rates by making books more available because they were easier to produce.

A Sholes & Glidden typewriter

Sources: http://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/tw-history.html
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The Impact of the Transcontinental Railroad

Rafael Osornio Jr.

       

The Transcontinental Railroad was completed May 10th, 1869, in Utah. The completion of the Transcontinental Railroad was a massive stepping stone in America. The world for Americans seemed to grow infinitely smaller with the ability to travel coast to coast in days, compared to the previous months it would have taken to hike or ride a horse. Traders now had the ability to quickly transport Eastern and/or Western goods the other. It also created many jobs in maintaining/repairing the railroad, the trains, running the trains, monitoring the trains, etc. Overall, it helped boost the country's economy superbly.

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Hayden Coleman Understanding Owners of the Transcontinental Railroad