Inventions
Morse code was the language for this invention
the telegraph
He killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel
Aaron Burr
A state breaking away from the Union
secession
1803
Louisiana Purchase
invented the cotton gin
Eli Whitney
The most significant development of the transportation revolution
steam locomotives
The Shoshone girl who accompanied Lewis and Clark on their expedition
Sacagawea
Political party name created out of dislike for president Jackson
Whig party
1842
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
improved the sewing machine
Isaac Singer
What development made New Orleans a major commercial port?
steamboats
A slave rebellion in Virginia was led by this man
Nat Turner
A closed meeting of political party leaders
caucus
1814
End of War of 1812
developed the steamboat
Robert Fulton
The power loom was invented by this man who made factory life more humane than any other inventor
Francis Cabot Lowell
The author of the Star Spangled Banner
The trail that Western settlers used to travel through the Cumberland Gap
Wilderness Road
1858
transatlantic cable laid
developed the reaping machine
Cyrus McCormick
John Deere invented this machine
steel plow
The first female physician in the United States
Elizabeth Blackwell
A person who risks personal loss to created and market new ideas or products
entrepreneur
1819
Spain ceded Florida to the United States
Used nitrous oxide to ease the pain of dental work
Horace Wells