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Transportation
Inventions
Medicine
True/False
Here and There
100
The Transcontinental Railroad connected the ___ and ___.
east and west
100
He invented the telephone.
Alexander Graham Bell
100
This female was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work in medicine.
Gertrude Elion
100
One reason the Pony Express was set up was to prevent people from having to ride a horse up to 70 miles in a single day.
True.
100
This was a way to send messages with beeps and dashes.
What is Morse Code?
200
What did James Watt and Richard Trevithick improve?
What is the steam engine?
200
In 1860, the _______ was set up, which allowed mail to be delivered faster than before.
What is The Pony Express.
200
Louis Pasteur invented pasteurization which did what?
Made milk safer to drink.
200
Lewis and Clark told many stories about their travels west. This discouraged many people from attempting the long and treacherous journey and, ultimately, slowed the progress of westward expansion.
False. Their stories encouraged people to go west.
200
Who was put in charge of the Postal Service?
Benjamin Franklin
300
In 1917 there were over 250,000 more miles of ____ than in 1830.
What is train tracks.
300
Who was Lewis Latimer?
He helped to invent lamps and lights.
300
Jonas Salk's ____ vaccine saved the lives of many people.
Polio.
300
A.A. Campbell Swinton developed the first radio.
False. He developed the first television.
300
Draw a timeline on the board. Include 100 years with 25 year increments.
See teacher.
400
The ___ was invented by Cyrus Hall McCormick and made farming easier.
reaper
400
Who invented the camera?
George Eastman
400
Gertrude Elion developed ____.
medicine to attack diseased cells
400
Weather often caused delays for wagon trains which often carried the mail before the Pony Express.
True.
400
What does "broadcast" mean?
To send out.
500
CAUSE: ______ EFFECT: People and goods moved more quickly than they had in the past. People moved west, and more of the country became developed.
Improvements in Transportation
500
Name three effects of the invention of the Light Bulb.
Safer (less fires from candles) People could work all night. People could see better in their homes.
500
____ found a way to protect people from small pox.
Edward Jenner
500
The Pony Express doubled the mail delivery time.
False. Cut it in half.
500
Guglielmo Marconi invented the ____.
Radio.