Inventions
Inventors
I am ...
What happened?
Slaves and Others...
100
This invention, made producing cotton easier. I took out all of the seeds by a turning wheel of spikes.
What is the cotton gin?
100
I invented the cotton gin.
Who is Eli Whitney?
100
I was a famous early pioneer.
Who is Daniel Boone?
100
A widespread of starvation which can cause massive immigration.
What is a famine?
100
Laws controlling every aspect of the slaves lives.
What is a slave code?
200
This invention harnessed the power of steam to move. Though it made traveling faster, and shipped goods more efficiently, it was extremely slow, and couldn't ride on the ocean.
What is the steamboat?
200
I invented the steamboat.
Who is Robert Fulton?
200
I lead the most famous slave revolt and got killed in 1831.
Who is Nat Turner?
200
The denial of equal rights or equal treatment to certain groups of people.
What is discrimination?
200
Religious folk songs that blended biblical themes with the realities of slavery.
What are spirituals?
300
This invention used several long and short beeps or clicks to communicate. It could communicate over water, though it needs a long chord connecting the two locations. Probably led to use of the telephone. These were used in the World Wars.
What is the telegraph?
300
I invented the telegraph.
Who is Samuel F.B. Morse?
300
I found a way to depend on his own industry to supply goods. I hired single women to work at my mill, and treated them well.
Who is Francis Cabot Lowell?
300
What happened in 1831 that was a big step against slavery.
What is the revolt and death of slave, Nat Turner?
300
Rapid manufacture of large numbers of identical objects.
What is mass production?
400
This was more of an idea than an invention. It was a way for the states to make money, by making travelers, wanting to go on a certain road, had to pay a toll. These still exist today.
What is a turnpike?
400
I invented the mechanical reaper, making it easier for farmers to settle in the prairies of the Midwest.
Who is Cyrus McCormick?
400
People who did not want immigrants to come into their country.
What is a nativist?
400
In 1775.
What is Daniel Boone's adventure to clear a road to the west or Wilderness Road?
400
Identical pieces that could be assembled quickly by unskilled workers.
What are interchangeable parts?
500
Similar to the steamboat, this invention could travel on water, and made transporting goods easier, faster, and more efficient. Though, it was larger, and faster. This invention had large tall masts which made it travel faster. At the time it was the fastest boat in the world.
What is a clipper ship?
500
I invented canals.
Who is DeWitt Clinton?
500
I invest capital or money in a business to earn a profit.
What is a capitalist?
500
In 1830. (Regarding Trains)
What is the year that the first steam locomotive was built by Peter Cooper.
500
The growth of cities due to movement of people from rural areas to cities.
What is urbanization?
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