Emily Roebling
What war was going on when Emily Roebling was a young woman? She helped the soldiers who had been wounded in this war.
The Civil War was occurring when Emily Roebling was a young woman. She met her husband because he was a soldier in the war.
Scarlet fever caused Thomas Edison to lose some of his hearing.
What was something specific that Alexander Graham Bell was fascinated by from a very early age?
Alexander Graham Bell loved all kinds of sounds -- from music, to the sounds of nature, or even clanging bells!
What was the first book Booker T. Washington ever held in his hands?
Noah Webster's Blue-Backed Speller was the first book Booker T. Washington ever held -- his mother gave it to him, though he never knew how she was able to get it. They were very poor.
Who developed Morse Code?
Samuel Morse developed Morse Code.
What was Emily's attitude towards learning?
What invention allowed the sending of a special coded message to be sent across wires from place to place?
The telegraph allowed a coded message made up of long and short sounds to be sent quickly across great distances.
Alexander Graham Bell's mother was mostly deaf. His father was very interested in helping deaf people learn how to speak. What do we call the system of writing that he developed to help deaf people learn to read and speak?
The system of writing developed by Alexander Graham Bell's father was called Visible Speech.
What situation was Booker T. Washington's family in when he was born?
When Booker T. Washington was born, he and his family were slaves.
What kind of bridge was the Brooklyn Bridge? Is it an arch, truss, or suspension bridge?
The Brooklyn Bridge is a suspension bridge.
Emily's husband, Washington Roebling, worked for his father's engineering firm. What was Washington's father hired to build in the late 1800s?
He was hired to build the Brooklyn Bridge.
What code was used to send messages along a telegraph? It was made up of dots and dashes?
Morse code, made up of long and short sounds -- written out as dots and dashes -- was used to spell out messages through the telegraph.
Mr. Bell was very fascinated with telegraph machines. He did many experiments trying to improve the telegraph machine. In the process of doing this, what did he accidentally invent?
He accidentally invented a technology that could send the human voice along a telegraph wire -- he invented the telephone!
Booker T. Washington traveled five-hundred miles to attend what school?
The Hampton Institute was a school for people who had once been enslaved. It was a place to learn a trade or become a teacher! This was where Booker T. Washington traveled as a young man.
What do we call a person who designs and builds structures?
An engineer is someone who designs and builds structures.
When John Roebling died, and then Washington Roebling was injured, who had to oversee the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge?
Emily Roebling had to oversee the building of the Brooklyn Bridge when her husband was injured.
Thomas Edison's favorite invention was one which could record the human voice for the first time in human history! What was this invention called?
The first machine that could record the human voice was called the phonograph.
What do we call the special license that protected inventions and ideas so others cannot copy them?
In the late 1800s Booker T. Washington moved to Alabama and worked very hard to build a school. What was this school called?
The Tuskegee Institute was the school started by Booker T. Washington in Tuskegee, Alabama.
What invention brought Thomas Edison the most success, even though he had to conduct over 10,000 experiments before he was satisfied?
The battery was the invention that brought Thomas Edison the most success.
How did they honor Emily Roebling's contribution to the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge?
There is a plaque on the Brooklyn side of the bridge, and they gave her the honor of being the first person to ride across the bridge.
The lightbulb was not invented by Thomas Edison, but he greatly improved it! He made it much safer and durable.
Which Native American language die Mr. Bell develop a written alphabet for for the first time?
Mohawk was a Native American language that Mr. Bell learned and wrote for the first time.
According to Booker T. Washington, who are the happiest people?
"The happiest people are those who do the most for others" is a famous quote by Booker T. Washington.
What building material did Booker T. Washington and his students get very good at making when building the Tuskegee Institute?