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Elias Howe was the inventor of the sewing machine. He made it in 1846. Howe helped New York become the nation's main clothing producer. He died October 3, 1867.
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When factories started going up families wanted more money so they put their kids in factories. The kids worked hard hours for little money. The kids were always getting hurt.
Samuel Gompers:
Samuel Gompers Samuel Gompers Was born on January 27 1850 in London. When Samuel was in third grade he became an apprentice to a cigar maker in the East end of London. He learned the trade that he followed for 25 years.
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Information from Grolier encyclopedia.
Knight, David C. "Watt, James." The New Book of Knowledge®. 2008. Grolier Online. 21 May 2008
<http://nbk.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=a2031330-h>.