History of the United States II / Unit 3 USH2 0309 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Machines for the Table
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The idea
Inventions changed how Americans ate and lived: refrigerated rail cars, tin cans, corrugated rollers for milling wheat, and sewing machines for garments.
In practice
Meat, fruit and grain moving to distant markets in refrigerated cars and cans.
Where people slip
The flush toilet and the vacuum cleaner changed the home as well. Digital History credits the refrigerated rail car to the meatpacker Swift.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
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