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100

Who were the brothers that flew the first airplane?

Wright brothers

100

What are the tall buildings above ground that allow many people to live in one area?

skyscraper

100

What change in transportation helped cities spread outward?

electric-powered cars

200

Who is the Chicago architect that designed one of New York's busiest intersections?

Daniel Burnham

200

What invention changed journalism?

Kodak camera

200

What did refrigerated railroad cars do?

Made is possible to get food to the market without spoiling.

300

Who developed Central Park?

Fredrick Law Olmsted

300

What two factors allowed architects to design taller buildings?

elevators and internal steel skeletons

300

What was the first American city to use electric powered street cars?

Richmond, Virginia

400

Who invented the camera?

George Eastman

400

What did John Augustus Roebling design?

The Brooklyn Bridge

400

What did Daniel Burnham design?

Flatiron Building

500

Who was the early leader of architecture?

Louis Sullivan

500

What did Fritz Haber do?

found a way to get nitrogen from the air which led to chemical fertilizers 

500

The production of what two items, led to cheaper newspapers?

the production of wood pulp and the web-perfecting press

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