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100
The telegraph was made in what year?
What is 1837.
100
Who invented the steel plow?
Who is John Deere.
100
What sews clothing together?
What is the sewing machine.
100
Investors that risked their money to try and make a profit
What are entrepreneurs?
200
What year did construction start on the Erie Canal?
What is 1817.
200
The mechanical reaper was invented by who?
Who is Cyrus McCormick.
200
What did vulcanized rubber turn into?
What is the modern tire.
200
An economic system in which private businesses and individuals control the means of production
What is capitalism?
300
In what year did 23,000 miles of telegraph wire cross the country?
What is 1854.
300
Who invented vulcanized rubber?
Who is Charles Goodyear.
300
What replaced humans in fields?
What is the steel plow?
300
Raising one or two cash crops that they could sell
What is Specialization?
400
What year was the steel plow invented?
What is 1837.
400
Who invented the sewing machine?
Who is Elias Howe.
400
What machine turned into the modern day combine?
What is the mechanical reaper?
400
People bought and sold goods instead of making their own.
What is Market Revolution?
500
What year did the Erie Canal open?
What is 1825.
500
Who invented the telegraph?
Who is Samuel Morse.
500
What machine carried messages over wires?
What is the telegraph.
500
A machine that carried messages over many miles instead of mail.
What is the telegraph?