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person who designs and builds structures

engineer

100

Washington and Emily Roebling traveled to this country to study how bridges were built their and learn more about a sickness that was common with bridge builders

Europe

100

How did Emily Roebling help her husband when he was sick in bed.  


She relayed messages from Washington to the workers.  She studied the different problems of the construction.  She studied how the cables were made and how much weight they could hold.  

100

In 1964, the Brooklyn Bridge was named a National Historic _______.

Landmark

100

I invented the Morse code

Samuel Morse

200

a skilled laborer who agrees to complete a job for pay

contractor

200

I paid for Emily Roebling to attend a special girl's school as a child

Gouverneur (her older brother)

200

I was the first person to ride across the Brooklyn Bridge

Emily Roebling

200

On the _______ side of the bridge, a plaque on the tower honors Emily Roebling.

Brooklyn

200
location of Thomas Edison's first laboratory in New Jersey

Menlo Park

300

a message sent across a wire using electricity

telegraph

300

I helped my husband supervise the building of the Brooklyn Bridge

Emily Roebling

300

The number of years that Emily supervised the Brooklyn Bridge construction


How long was the bridge?

14 years


1 mile

300

The Brooklyn Bridge is a ________(type) bridge.

suspension

300

Describe Menlo Park

It was a 2-story building that was a:

1. laboratory, 

2. a home for himself

3. and a boarding house for his workers

400

a bridge across the East River that connects Brooklyn and Manhattan, New York

Brooklyn Bridge

400

What disease did Washington Roebling contract while working in a tunnel under water?

decompression sickness

400

Emily received a degree from New York University.  What was the degree? How old was she when she received the degree?

she received a law degree at the age of 56

400

a system of dots and dashes that represent letters of the alphabet is called _______ Code

Morse

400

I was a famous inventor of the phonograph, motion picture camera, and battery

Thomas Edison

500

a type of voice recorder invented by Thomas Edison

phonograph

500
Emily gave a speech to this group of people.  After her speech, it was clear just how much Emily knew about engineering!

American Society of Civil Engineers

500

a special license that protects an invention so others cannot copy it

patent

500

Instead of playing between train trips like the other boys, Thomas Edison _______

read books

500

Name Thomas Edison's favorite invention and tell what it did.

The phonograph recorded his voice as he read the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb"