30 POINTS AND BRAINLIEST IF CORRECT Select the correct answer from each drop-down menu.
Complete each sentence with the best transition word or phrase.

The Invention of the Washing Machine
In the past, people used sticks and stones or scrub boards to clean their clothing. It was sweaty, backbreaking work. [Therefore,; Of course,; It's no wonder,; To sum up,] we owe a world of thanks to James King. He created the model for the modern washing machine in 1851. This machine cleaned clothes while a person cranked the handle. People who used it developed strong muscles in their arms from turning the handle. [Yet,; For,; So,; Then,] in 1908, Alva J. Fisher created an electric washing machine named Thor. Thor was not the first automatic washing machine. However, it was one of the most popular models at the time.

Match the definition to the word for a better understanding of the paragraph. 1 money does not buy happiness or security. 2john ringling, one of the five brothers of the ringling brothers circus, started out in 1884 with a trained horse and a performing bear. 3for over forty years, he worked hard at the family enterprise, bought up smaller circuses, and imported new acts. 4in the 1920s, he was rated as one of the world's wealthiest men and owned every sizable circus in the country. 5over 5,000 people were on his payroll, and over 240 railroad cars were in his retinue each time the circus moved. 6at the time of his death, however, he was a nervous, unhappy man; he was also bankrupt and beset by lawsuits. 7his carefully built circus empire passed into alien hands. 8all those years of work had turned to dust. 1. business organization alien 2. group beset 3. without funds to pay debts retinue 4. troubled or harassed enterprise 5. strange; belonging to another person, place, country, or thing bankrupt