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