Notable Newsmakers
I created the political party called the "Democrats".
Who is Andrew Jackson?
Robert Fulton invented this form of transportation.
What is the steamboat?
An identical part of a product that can be replaced with a new part if broken.
What is Interchangeable Part?
I invented the Steam Locomotive.
Who is Peter Cooper?
The idea that God wanted America to possess all the land westward to the Pacific Ocean.
I signed a bill that forced the Indians to move West.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This invention made communication easier by sending a series of electrical pulses in dots and dashes through wires.
What is the Telegraph?
To make invalid or refuse to obey.
What is Nullify?
I invented the Steel Plow.
Who is John Deere?
A time of revival and spiritual growth in America.
What is the Second Great Awakening?
I lost my job after Congress accepted the treaty between the United States and Mexico. I didn't ask for enough land.
Who is Nicholas Trist?
This invention created by Cyrus McCormick made harvesting much quicker and more efficient.
What is the Reaper?
The period in America where there was a change in the manufacturing process due to the many inventions developed in the late 1700's to early 1800's.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
I invented the Telegraph.
Who is Samuel Morse?
The belief that man's reason is above the truth of God's Word.
What is Rationalism?
I believed in the idea of Manifest Destiny, that God had given Americans the right to possess all the land to the Pacific Ocean.
This invention by Eli Whitney allowed identical pieces of a product to be replaced with a new part if broken.
Interchangeable Parts
The new name for the Republican Political Party.
What is Whig?
I invented the sewing machine. (How did I do it?)
Who is Elias Howe?
What is transcendentalism?
I was the evangelist of the Second Great Awakening. I graduated from Yale University
Who is Asahel Nettleton?
This machine separates cotton fibers from their seeds so that the cotton could be woven into yarn.
What is the Cotton Gin?
The machine that separated seeds from cotton so that the cotton could be spun into yarn or thread.
The Cotton Gin.
I used my knowledge of building and operating machines to manage the first successful American factory.
Who is Samuel Slater?
Because God had not made any such promise in the Bible.
What is the reason that many Christians could not justify Manifest Destiny.