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.
No one really knows who first thought of the idea to put candy on a stick, but the word lollipop was invented by a man named George Smith. Mr. Smith owned a candy company called the Bradley Smith Company and he named the candy on a stick after his favorite race horse named Lolly Pop.