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100

Who invented the telegraph

Samuel Morse

100

What city was made a major commercial port thanks to the steamboat?

New Orleans

100
What is the name for a person who risks personal loss to develop and market new products or ideas?

entrepreneur

200

Who designed the steel plow

John Deere

200

This city was made a major port by the opening of the Erie Canal?

New York

200

What is the name of the communication code using dashes and dots?

Morse Code

300

Who developed the reaping machine

Cyrus McCormick

300

Where were the textile factories located that treated it's workers more fairly.

Lowell or Waltham, MA

300

What dd Dewitt Clinton open?

the Erie Canal

400

Who used Nitrous Oxide for dental work

Horace Wells

400

In what state was "Clinton's big ditch" constructed?

New York

400

Who was the first female physician in the US?

Elizabeth Blackwell

500

Who improved the power loom

Francis Cabot Lowell

500

What river did Samuel Clemons travel on that inspired his writing?

the Mississippi River

500

Who chose the location of the transatlantic cable?

Matthew Maury