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    A lot of people saw that in him. He cared a lot for people. He helped people who were deaf for his entire life. He never stopped helping the people who were deaf. He has done many good things in his life. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, helped the deaf, and people viewed him as a leader. Alexander Graham Bell Worked Hard To Help The Deaf. He worked at the Boston School for the deaf. Bell also worked at the Clarke School for the deaf, and at the American School for the deaf.

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    transporting people and goods from place to place. Many inventions helped the United States with many things. For example, the telegraph helped send messages and the light bulb helped people see in the dark. Also, many Americans were losing their jobs because of immigration. Children during this time period had it just as rough as the adults, maybe even more than them. The Industrial Revolution led to the growth of cities, industries, new inventions, and major points that created transportation and

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    Imperialism improved the lives of colonized people because it introduced innovations and inventions that helped to unify conquered areas through easier means of communication and improved native economies by increasing productivity. During the Age of Imperialism, most colonial powers had developed technologies that the countries they colonized did not yet have access to. Industrial inventions like crop rotation, telephone lines, the steamboat, the cotton gin and railroads allowed Imperialist powers to produce

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    Graham Bell Qualities

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    phone for many years, and that is why modern-day telephones and cellular devices are cosmetically sleek, futuristic, and more advanced than ever before. Steve Jobs was behind the lucrative company Apple Inc., but who was behind the actual telephone? The man who invented a device that would change the world forever, that man was Alexander Graham Bell. Alexander was an inventor, scientist, and entrepreneur. He invented the first practical telephone; a device that enabled people to communicate with

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    A Liberal Arts Education

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    of each field of study. This allows the students to find connections between diverse fields of study, to explore them, and to discover new theories, thoughts, or inventions. It allows the students to investigate areas of intrigue and create new fields of study by blending subjects that compliment each other. With these new inventions, discoveries, ideas, and new methods of problem

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    Alexander Graham Bell The aim of this research paper is to give the history of Alexander Graham Bell, centering on his life, education, and the invention of the telephone. Alexander Graham Bell was born on March 3, 1847, in Edinburgh, Scotland and died on August 2, 1922, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Alexander Graham Bell in his early years was home schooled by his deaf mother until high school age. Bell then attended Royal High School (1858-1862), Weston House Academy (1863-1864)

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    Alexander Graham Bell, best known as the inventor of the telephone, worked at a school for the deaf while attempting to invent a machine that would transmit sound by electricity. Bell was granted the first official patent for his telephone in March 1876. The telephone changed ways in communicated. The telephone has made communication more efficient and faster since it was first developed. Its great for emergency purpose especially if you really need to talk to someone as soon as possible. It has

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    definition of honor. Honor means to me, doing the right thing even when nobody's watching. The person I am writing this honor paper on is Alexander Graham Bell. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. He had 18 patens and helped teach deaf people how to talk. Thomas Watson also helped him invent the first telephone. Alexander Graham Bell had many awards during his lifetime. A few of his major awards are, The UK Society of Arts’ Albert Medal, The Volta Prize of 50,000 Francs, and The Alexander Graham

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    speech specialist and taught elocution. As a young boy, Alexander studied under his grandfather, who was a speech teacher as well. So as Alex grew up, he got a job at a school for the deaf, and taught using his father’s methods. Alexander’s spark for invention was due to his deaf mother, and he wanted to be able to communicate with her. After some years of moving, when Alexander was twenty-five he established a school for the deaf in Boston, Massachusetts. The following year became a professor in speech

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    Our fast-paced world has seen many inventions that has changed the shape of our society. Perhaps the most influential inventor who inspired many others to try their hand at changing the world, was Thomas Edison. Thomas Alva Edison is considered one of the greatest inventors of all time. He invented hundreds of items that we still use today in some form or another, including the electric lightbulb and the alkaline battery. His inventive mind started when he was just a little boy growing up in Michigan

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