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Tells of the inventions and inventors, among other things, of the 1800s

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What did someone invent to help transportation of goods and other things to the farms and homes of the West?   The Erie Canal.   show Governor DeWitt Clinton  
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What did his opponents call it?   show 1825   Governor DeWitt Clinton  
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This developed in... So ___ became a commercial center of the U.S.   Northeast needs food. Midwest needs manufactured goods. They formed a strong economical bond. ... New York   show Governor DeWitt Clinton  
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show Steamboat   1807   Robert Fulton  
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show Clipper Ships. Sail.   1840s and 1850s   Donald McKay  
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More efficient than water was the _____   show about 1833   ????  
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A new way to plow   STEEL plow   1830s   show
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show reaping machine or mechanical reaper   1831   Cyrus McCormick  
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Rapid cotton weaving powered by water was...   Power Loom   show Francis Cabot Lowell  
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What is a patent?   show    
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Two worked on something to help make clothes. What was it?   Sewing machine   show Elias Howe and Isaac Merrit Singer  
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Safety of coal miners   miners' safety lamp   1815   show
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Fast way to sent messages using electricity   telegraph   show Samuel Morse  
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show What God hath Wrought! (Num. 23:23)   1844   Samuel Morse  
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Fastest way to sent messages before the Fast way to sent messages using electricity?   Pony Express   show  
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"Pathfinder of the Seas"   Matthew Maury   show  
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show transatlantic cable   1858   Cyrus Field  
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Send messages underwater. first one from ____ to ____   Newfoundland to Ireland   show Cyrus Field  
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Send messages underwater. First message sent.   show 1858   Cyrus Field  
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an entrepreneur is a what?   a person who risks personal loss to develop and market new products or ideas.   show  
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First pain killer. Not credited   ether; "deep sleep"   1842   show
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First pain killer. Credited.   show 1840s   William Morton  
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ease pain of dental work word to descried absence of pain   used: nitrous oxide... no pain: anesthesia   show Horace Wells  
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First Woman Physician   show 1849    
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light for streets   show 1830   ????  
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Lamp powered by cheep oil   kerosene   1854   show
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show the practical use of scientific knowledge.      
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Credits: America Land I Love   Credits: America Land I Love   show Credits: America Land I Love  
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Who wrote "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"? What was his real name?   show 1835-1910   Samuel Clemens  
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The steamboat did the same thing to ___ as to New York because...   show 1850   Robert Fulton  
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