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Inventors
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How did Lewis and Clark help new communities grow in the West?
Lewis and Clark told interesting stories about the West.
100
How did James Watt and Richard Trevithick help families moving west?
They developed and improved steam engines.
100
How was travel in the US in 1917 different from travel in 1830?
In 1917, there were over 250,000 more miles of railroad track than in 1830.
100
Who was the head of the postal service in 1775?
Benjamin Franklin
100
Give 2 reasons why the Pony Express was set up.
1. People in the West wanted to communicate to people in the East. 2. Bandits often attacked wagons loaded with mail. 3. Weather often caused delays for the wagon trails.
200
Why was mail delivered more quickly starting in 1860 than it had been before?
A group of business people set up the Pony Express.
200
Which inventor used a special tube to build a television?
A.A. Campbell Swinton
200
How can people today send a message around the world in just seconds?
email or text message
200
Name 2 accomplishments of Lewis Latimer.
1. He did special drawings of a telephone. 2. He worked on lamps and light bulbs with Edison. 3. He helped many cities light their communities.
200
What did Cyrus Hall McCormick invent to make farming easier?
the reaper
300
What did George Eastman invent in 1888?
He invented a camera that anyone could use to take a picture.
300
Who found a way to protect people from smallpox?
Edward Jenner
300
Why is Louis Pasteur an important scientist to people around the world?
He made milk safe for people to drink.
300
Why is Jonas Salk's polio vaccine important?
The vaccine saved the lives of many people.
300
Name 2 accomplishments of Gertrude Elion.
1. She helped treat people who had leukemia and malaria. 2. She figured out how to make medicine to attack diseased cells. 3. She won a Nobel Prize for her work in medicine.
400
What effect did improvements in transportation have on communities in the United States?
Examples: 1. People and goods moved more quickly. 2. People moved west. 3. More of the country developed because of changes in transportation.
400
What might have happened had the Transcontinental Railroad not been built?
Example: 1. The country might not have grown as quickly. 2. People would have had a harder time moving west.
400
Give 2 details to support this main idea: Thomas Edison's invention of the light bulb changed the ways people lived.
1. Less danger from fire caused by candles burning at night. 2. Businesses and factories could stay open longer. 3. People could see better at night.
400
What qualities do you think Jenner, Pasteur, Salk, and Elion possessed? Why? How did their personalities help them in their work?
They were probably caring and compassionate people. They tried to find ways to help people. They were probably determined, curious, and smart because they were inventors.
400
Which of the inventions from this chapter, such as the car, the telegraph, the light bulb, or the polio vaccine, do you think is most important? Why?
For example: I think that the car in the most important. Without the invention of the car, we wouldn't have a fast and safe way to get from place to place. OR I think that the polio vaccine is the most important. Many more people would have died from the disease.
500
What are the major types of transportation that have been used in the United States?
1st-walked or rode on horses 2nd-covered wagons 3rd-trains 4th-Transcontinental Railroad, cars, and airplanes Today- Rockets, satellites, and space shuttles
500
What effect have vaccinations had on the lives of people today?
Lives have been saved. People are living longer because they do not catch certain diseases. People don't get sick as often.
500
Who was Sacagawea?
A Native American translator and peacemaker who helped Lewis and Clark.
500
Who was Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler?
German inventors that built the first gasoline-powered cars.
500
Who are the Wright brothers? What did they do?
Orville and Wilbur Wright flew the first airplane in 1903.