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…showed last 75 words of 320 total…and productive ideas and inventions in a society. These inventions, such as the light bulb, and telephone, increased efficiency and therefore increased power. Fortunately America was gifted with resource rich land. During this era iron, coal, and oil played the biggest roles in the development of Americas economic infrastructure. Abundant resources gave few restrictions on growth. A very important lesson can be drawn from this occurrence. Freedom cultivates ideas. Opportunity promotes intuition. Knowledge is power.