Inventors
Impressionism
Rich Dudes
Presidents
Scientists
100
He invented the light bulb, movie camera, and record player
Who is Thomas Edison
100
Impressionist painter famous for his portraits of ballerinas
Who is Edgar Degas
100
Commodore Vanderbilt became rich by investing in this technology
What are railroads
100
The American president during the Civil War
Who is Abraham Lincoln
100
On a trip to the Galapagos Islands, he developed the Theory of Evolution
Who is Charles Darwin
200
He invented the telephone, and his 1st words were "Watson come here, I want you"
Who is Alexander Graham Bell
200
His paintings of landscapes are considered the 1st impressionist paintings
Who is Claude Monet
200
This Asheville, NC home is the largest house in the United States
What is the Biltmore
200
This president led the USA during the War of 1812, and also wrote the American Constitution
Who is James Madison
200
He helped end smallpox by vaccinating people with the weaker virus, cowpox
Who is Edward Jenner
300
This italian inventor invented the electric battery
Who is Alessandro Volta
300
This invention by Louis Daguerre made realistic paintings less necessary, and triggered the Impressionist Age
What is the camera?
300
His company created a monopoly on steel, and he became the monopoly logo
Who is Andrew Carnegie
300
The phrase "OK" is short for this president's nickname, Old Kinderhook
Who is Martin Van Buren
300
He discovered that AC electricity made a better electrical grid than DC
Who is Nicola Tesla
400
Eli Whitney invented this machine which transformed farming in the south
what is the cotton gin
400
The greatest American Impressionist painted this
Mary Cassatt
400
Oil came from this, before people started getting it from the ground
What are whales
400
This president expanded the USA by conquering the southwest from California to Colorado from Mexico
Who is James K polk
400
He created electricity with rotating magnets (called a dynamo generator)
Who is Michael Faraday
500
He invented the electric elevator and electric trolley
Who is Werner Von Siemens?
500
He cut off his ear out of love, and painted scenes like this
Who is Vincent Van Gogh
500
This man's Standard Oil Company took over 95% of American oil refining at his peak in the late 1800s
Who is John D Rockefeller
500
Elected in 1880, he was the 2nd president to be murdered in office
Who is James Garfield
500
He discovered that Cholera was spread by dirty water, and inspired the first sanitary sewer
Who is John Snow
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