Abeka 4th Grade, History Test 12, (Ch. 14-15)
"Father of American Missions" who spent many years preaching to the people of Burma
Adoniram Judson
capital of New York
Albany
invented the telephone
Alexander G. Bell
made millions of dollars in the steel industry in America
Andrew Carnegie
capital of Maine
Augusta
was a baseball player who recived nationwide attention for his fiery preaching
Billy Sunday
founded and built Tuskegee Institute in Alabama
Booker T. Washington
capital of Massachusetts
Boston
two companies that built the transcontinental railroad were theUtah
Central Pacific Company and the Union Pacific Company
a lawyer who became one of America's greatest revival preachers
Charles Finney
capital of New Hampshire
Concord
invented the mechanical reaper
Cyrus McCormick
capital of Delaware
Dover
a shoe salesman who became America's most famous evangelist and founder of a famous Bible institute
Dwight L. Moody
invented a traffic signal with colored lights
Garret Morgan
born a slave, but became a famous scientist who worked with plants
George Washington Carver
capital of Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
capital of Connecticut
Hartford
invented the Model T
Henry Ford
promised 160 acres of land to anyone who would farm the land for five years
Homestead Act
People did not feel out of touch with each other; they could send messages instantly.
How did the telegraph bring the East and West closer together?
invented a shoe-lasting machine
Jan Matzeliger
organized the oil industry and became the first billionaire in history
John D. Rockefeller
capital of Vermont
Montpelier
code of short and long dashes to be clicked out over the telegraph wire
Morse Code
invented the first successful airplane
Orville Wright
where the two tracks of the transcontinental railroad met
Promontory Point, Utah
capital of Rhode Island
Providence
invented the first successful steamboat
Robert Fulton
invented the first successful liquid -fueled rocket
Robert Goddard
invented the telegraph
Samuel Morse
developed a method of turning iron ore into steel
Sir Henry Bessemer
invented the phonograph
Thomas Edison
capital of New Jersey
Trenton
This area was the only frontier that remained to be settled by the middle of the 1800's
West
1. It helped to settle the West. 2. The East was brought closer the the West.
What two changes were brought about by the transcontinental railroad?
It was built on an assembly line.
Why was the Model-T so inexpensive?
a mail route from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, that opened in 1860
pony express
