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Beginning in the 1770s, many people tried to make
cars that would run on _________. Some

_________ steam cars worked well, and some did early

not. Some were fire ____________ that moved by

themselves, and others were small ____________ inventors
with road wheels. Beginning in the 1880s,

____________ tried very hard to make cars that Benz

would run well enough to use every day. These steam

experimental cars ran on steam, ____________, or
electricity. By the 1890s, Europeans were buying passengers

and driving cars made by _________, Daimler,

Panhard, and others, and Americans were buying popular
and driving cars made by Duryea, Haynes, Winton,

and others. By 1905 gasoline cars were more electric

____________ than steam or ____________ cars pumpers
because they were easier to use and could travel

further without adding fuel. By 1910 gasoline cars locomotives

became larger and more powerful, and some had
folding tops to keep drivers and ______________ gasoline

out of the rain.