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100

America's most famous evangelist during the 19th Century

Dwight L. Moody

100

Assembly line

Henry Ford

100

Who organized the oil industry in America and created the Rockefeller Foundation to give money to charities?

John D. Rockefeller

200

20th President; last born in a log cabin; fourth to die in office; second to be assassinated

James A. Garfield

200

Airplane

Wilbur and Orville Wright

200

Who invented the liquid-fuel rocket?

Robert Goddard

300

Brilliant lawyer who became one of America's greatest revival preachers

Charles Finney

300

Gas mask; traffic signal

Garrett A. Morgan

300

What was the most important battle of the Spanish American War?

San Juan Hill

400

Leader of the Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War

Theodore Roosevelt

400

Steam boiler furnace, automatic air brakes, egg incubator, communication device between moving trains and train stations, 15 electrical devices for railroads

Grandville T. Woods

400

Who destroyed a fleet of Spanish ships in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War?

Admiral George Dewey

500

Secretary of State who convinced the government to buy Alaska

William H. Seward

500

Sugar-refining process

Norbert Rillieux

500

Who invented the shoe-lasting process?

Jan Ernst Matzeliger

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