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During the industrial revolution, Eli Whitney’ development of the cotton gin in the year of 1794, was an extremely popular and widely used invention throughout the United States of America. This particular machine, is capable of completely separating the seeds, from what we know as cotton. Prior to Whitney’s generous contribution, manual physical employment was necessary for this job. The cotton gin allowed quicker expansion of cotton, which quickly lead to an increase in the economy in the South. The fact that slaves were used to produce such cotton was one of the main causes for tension between the North and the South. The opposite sides had opposite views and opinions on

Carver's became such an expert on products such as cotton, peanuts, and sweet potatoes that he began to associate with famous white men. (“Dr. Carver is Dead”, 1943) Thomas Edison had offered Dr. Carver a job, which included a personal science lab, but Carver refused the offer. He did, however, work with Henry Ford, and together they would create biofuels and other experiments. They soon became close friends. President Franklin D. Roosevelt acknowledged Carver’s accomplishments and honored him at a White House

Throughout time there was a large number of the world's most well-known creators just delivered one noteworthy innovation that earned recognition and established their status. Be that as it was, Garret Augustus Morgan, one of the nation's best African-American inventors that made two very important things; the gas mask and the street light, among many other things. Garrett Augustus Morgan was African American male was born on March 4, 1877 in a small town in Kentucky called Paris. He was born unto two former slaves; Sydney Morgan and Eliza Reed. With him being born in the last quarter of the nineteenth century to previous slaves, Garrett A. Morgan only received up to a formally instructed to a 6th grade level education. Even though he only received a small amount of education, he

In the scholarly article titled “Whiteness, Freedom, and Technology: The Racial Struggle over Philadelphia’s Streetcars, 1859-1867”, the author Geoff D. Zylstra writes about how technology was used to help enforce segregation from the years 1859 to 1867 in Philadelphia. Published by The John Hopkins University Press, this printed article is an intriguing piece of writing to other scholars, historians of technology, and historians of race because it displays a professional and profound analysis of the connection between technology and race during this time period. The readers will be enlightened about how black Americans were discriminated from riding the streetcars in Philadelphia. The article additionally gives details about the prejudices

Whether we know it or not, black inventors have impacted our lives drastically. From the time we wake up, until we go back to sleep at night, we use at least one thing that has been made by an African- American inventor. Whether it is something as big as a traffic light or as little as a hair brush, black inventors have made major contributions to our everyday lives. Many people know about the big inventions, but both small and big inventions have impacted America. (Lund 2008)

In the 19th century, America saw major expansions and technological advances that paved way for the grand expansion of agriculture that boosted the nation’s economy. Regardless of the fact that Great Britain had tried to keep secrets regarding machinery and inventions, most of America’s advances were propelled by inventions such as the cotton gin by Eli Whitney in 1793, steel plow by John Deere, railway, steamboats, telegraph, and canals. In addition, technology’s profound effect on agriculture also led to the rise of the textile industry whereby factories produced materials such as cotton thread and cloth. Many of these initial factories are recognized in historical texts, but the Lowell factory system is one that is famous – precisely the

Eli Whitney was born in Westboro, Massachusetts and raised on a farm. During his early years, he had a strong knack for making machines and working with technology and soon began crafting things on his own. He first began by making nails, canes, and ladies’ hatpins. Before Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin, he was a student at Yale University and intended to become a private tutor after school, but stayed with a woman named Catherine Greene instead. During his stay on her plantation, he learned about cotton production and how difficult it was for cotton farmers to live a decent life. Eli’s invention of the cotton gin helped begin American manufacturing, but also had some negative effects on slaves and other products.

Lee Considered: General Robert E. Lee & Civil War History is author Alan T. Nolan’s attempt at taking an honest look at what Nolan considers one of the most deified figures in American history, Robert E. Lee. Nolan approaches his biography much in the format popularized by respected biographer Lytton Strachey (1880-1932) in that he is attempting to take an irreverent approach, an approach Nolan claims is sorely lacking in most scholarship pertaining to Lee. The uniqueness of Nolan’s approach is highlighted in the work’s title, Lee Considered, as Nolan claims “Lee has not in fact been considered. This book is not, therefore, a re-consideration” (p. 8). Throughout this book Nolan scrutinizes the certain falsely mythologized aspects of Lee’s, what Nolan refers to as the “Lee tradition” (p. ix), convincingly exposing what should be the obvious truth that Lee was “a great man, but, indeed, a man” (p. xi).

I recently took a trip to the Jocelyn Art Museum. There they had many great painting in the permanent art collection. One that caught my eye, which I had seen many times before, but never knew any thing about, was a painting called Stone City, Iowa , which was created by Grant Wood in 1930. This painting is oil on wood panel and is

The agency of Whitney as an entrepreneur was insignificant in building the legacy the cotton gin maintains to this very day. Moreover, the cotton gin’s undeniable impact defined by capital accumulation, physical infrastructure, and the American Civil War benefited from factors beyond Whitney’s control. These include the Industrial Revolution, the declining tobacco industry, a poor patent system, the mindset of manifest destiny that swept the nation, and conflicting attitudes towards slavery from the South and North. These social and political structures catapulted the cotton gin from a simple invention useful for producing cotton to a creation that developed capitalism significantly in the United States. Eli Whitney and the cotton gin serve as a perfect example of how capitalism is rarely transformed by specific individuals but rather various complex structures working together over

I am one of the first black scientists in America. My invention is important because I developed a way to clean items that couldn’t go into the washing machine; I call it dry scouring. I found a way to take stains out of fabric using chemicals and machinery and then patented the process.

On the opposite side of Washington’s argument for occupational training was W. E. B. Du Bois. Du Bois, who came from Harvard, had higher aspirations than occupational education, “with a conviction that Black life and culture should be a primary topic of Black thought and investigation” (Anderson, n.d. p.1). Considering the value of a general degree in comparison to a technical

Charles Lee, a general in the American Revolutionary war, is a historic figure in American history. Serving under George Washington, Charles Lee participated in a number of battles. However, history says Charles Lee was treacherous to the cause, all the while that he was in command during that time; he was acting in bad faith toward the Americans. His influence in the army was, at all times, mischievous (General Charles Lee: Traitor of the American Revolution). To the British, Charles Lee was a traitor who turned on England to fight under George Washington. Due to Charles Lee’s treacherous actions against America, it would lead to his downfall in the

American success history recognizes the contributions made by two of its renowned leaders. The two are regarded as heroes despite the obvious differences between them abound. The two figures are regarded with comparable amounts of reverence even though they lived their lives in different ways. Nevertheless, both Benjamin Franklin and Fredrick Douglas gained their status through treading pathway of hard work. This paper, therefore, seeks to discuss the experiences that shaped the lives of both Franklin and Douglas. It also seeks to analyze the life of Fredrick Douglas as presented by John Stauffer. In comparing the two personalities, I will lay much emphasis on the role education played in making

“In 1913, Edwin Armstrong invented a special circuit that made long-range radio transmission of voice and music practical” (American). This technological advancement made it convenient to use the radio as means of delivering the news. Whether you lived in a rural countryside or in a packed city, you were able to get the news. Able to broadcast weather reports, sports news, and entertainment to thousands of Americans, the radio proved to be an invaluable resource.