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I'm a Big Deal
Footprints and Paths
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Gold and Glory
All Over the Place
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1837, this blacksmith improved the plow.
Who is John Deere
100
What is the California Trail
Travelers took this trail to find gold.
100
What is the Cotton Gin
This invention cleaned cotton faster.
100
What was the California Trail.
This was a pathway travelers took to find gold.
100
Who was Andrew Jackson
This is a president known as “Old Hickory.”
200
Who is Samuel Slater
By 1790, this man build the first American cotton-spinning machine.
200
What is the Oregon trail
This trail was taken to go West, in order to find cheap land.
200
What is the reaper
This machine has sharp blades to cut grain.
200
Who are forty-niners
These people searched for gold in California.
200
What was the Industrial Revolution
A dramatic change that made from goods by hand at home to making them with machine in factories.
300
Who is Eli Whitney
In 1793, this man invented the cotton gin.
300
What is the Trail of Tears
Native Americans were forcefully removed from their homelands and marched on this trail.
300
What is the plow
This invention improved farming because it could cut through the thick prairie grass.
300
What is the Gold Rush
This is when large n numbers of people went to California seeking gold.
300
Who were Mountain Men
These are fur trappers that lived in the western mountains.
400
Who is Francis Lowell
In 1813, this man and his partners build a textile factory in Massachusetts.
400
What is the Erie Canal
This path was a human built waterway that connected the Midwest with the harbor of New York City.
400
What is the steam engine
This invention could produce more power than a team of horses, so it can pull heavier loads.
400
What is Sutter’s Mill
This is the name of the mill where gold was first discovered in California.
400
What were the wagon trains
This is a large group of wagons that carried settlers west.
500
Who is Cyrus McCormick
In 1832, this man built an improved reaper.
500
What is the Mormon Trail
This trail was taken to Utah, in order to find religious freedom.
500
What are interchangeable parts
These tools made each part of every musket the same, or standard.
500
Who is Jim Bridger
This Mountain Man established a fort in Wyoming for travelers to use as a rest stop.
500
What is an entrepreneur
This is a person who runs and organizes a business.