I MADE SOMETHING!
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I WENT SOMEWHERE!
HELP! I'M STUCK IN A BOX!
100

This invention, by Eli Whitney, allowed slaves to pick out seeds out of cotton in record time

What is the cotton gin

100

This invention by Eli Whitney allowed guns to be made the same way in factories. Today it is used in ALL factories. 

What are interchangeable parts

100

This land route allowed pioneers to travel westward

What is the Oregon Trail

100

This party, stuck on top of a mountain, did not serve any pizza during the winter

What is the Donner Party

200

Samuel Morse invented this machine to allow people to speak to each other in record time and over long distances

What is the telegraph

200

This cool invention allowed food to travel long distances without rotting

What is the ice box

200

The war with this country led to America gaining a state and the rest of what makes up the American Southwest today

What is Mexico

200

These places bring the BOOM! by looking for gold there, as long as they don't become ghost towns afterward.

What are boomtowns

300

This invention allowed those at home to repair and make clothes and other fabric-based creations

What is the sewing machine

300

This "major change" is the concept that led to the birth of factories and new jobs throughout the country

What is the industrial revolution or industrialization

300

People flocked to California in this year in search of Gold, and stayed there once most found none

What is 1849

300

People used to use this animal to travel west

What are oxen

400

The creation of the steel plow led to the creation of this business empire!

What is John Deere

400

The steam engine led to wonderful new inventions, especially this one made for water, well, as long as it doesn't explode half the time

What is the steamboat

400

This concept had Americans believe they were COMMANDED BY GOD to go westward and take all lands leading to the Pacific Ocean

What is Manifest Destiny

400

This land fought to become independent!...until it decided to become a state

What is the state of Texas

500

This invention was placed along rivers and allowed factories to make clothes in record time

What is the spinning jenny

500

This "language" was created to go along with a new form of communication, connecting people throughout the country

What is Morse Code

500

This is where the Industrial Revolution began!

What is Great Britain

500

This disease has luckily been destroyed, but back in the day, it wiped out over 90% of Native Americans and was a death sentence for any pioneer.

What is Smallpox

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