Famous People
Changing Life at Home
Improved Farm Equiptment
Inventions
Misc.
100
Who is the person that created the steel plow and sold over 1000 of them each year?
John Deere.
100
Who had the largest sewing machine making industry in the 1860's?
Isaac Singer.
100
Why did people star building factories in cities?
They would be closer to transportation.
100
When was the steel plow invented?
It was invented in 1837.
100
How many steel plows did Deere sell in 1846?
Around 1000 plows.
200
Who invented the safety pin in 1849?
Walter Hunt.
200
What was one example of household items that became cheaper because of mass production?
Clocks.
200
By the 1840's what were machines able to prduce?
Interchangeable parts.
200
Elias Howe invented what house hold machine?
The sewing machine.
200
What caused the clock to drop its price from $50 to $1.50?
Mass Production.
300
Who invented the reaper, which was a tool used to cut down wheat?
Cyrus McCormick.
300
In 1830, what invention helped keep food fresh for a longer period of time?
The icebox.
300
What were the centers of industrial growth?
Cities.
300
What inventions helped Midwestern farmers plant and harvest huge crop fields?
Steel Plow and the Reaper.
300
How many bushels of wheat and corn did farmers produce by 1860 per year?
170 bushels of wheat, and 800 million bushels of corn.
400
Who improved Elias Howe's design on the sewing machine?
Isaac Singer.
400
What began replacing cooking fires and stone hearths?
Iron cook stoves.
400
Most factories ran on waterpower, but then switched to what type of power?
Steam Power.
400
When was the safety pin invented?
1849.
400
Where did Cyrus McCormick begin his reaping production.
In a Chicago factory.
500
Who invented the sewing machine?
Elias Howe.
500
What changed a worker's life the most?
Working at a Mill.
500
In 1860, New England had as many factories as who else?(North, South, East, or West)
South.
500
When did manufacturing goods become more valuable than agricultural goods in the country's economy for the first time?
1859.
500
Who is the coolest person out of these people? (John Deere, Cyrus McCormick, Isaac Singer, or Tim Latimer)
Tim Latimer.
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