The repeal of the Missouri Compromise was more impactful, according to historian Robert Forbes, than the compromise itself. While it effectively settled the question of slavery from 1820 to 1854, its repeal began the sectarian conflict that eventually brought the nation into the Civil War. Vocabulary.
The first popcorn machine was invented by Charles Cretors of Chicago, Illinois in 1885. In order to test his machine, it was necessary for Charles to operate it on the street as the customer.
Peanut-Butter. It is believed that in 1840, Rose Davis of New York made the first prototype peanut butter. She got the recipe from her son who saw it being made in Cuba by natives. Later on in 1884 the Canadian Marcellus Gilmore Edson first patented peanut paste. This was followed in 1895 by Dr John Harvey Kellogg who patented the process of creating peanut butter from raw peanuts which he marketed as a protein food product for people who could not chew on solid food. Then in 1903, the American Dr Ambrose Straub patented a peanut-butter making machine.