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15 Cards in this Set
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An American who opened the Hull House, a place where people could see a doctor, learn skills, and get help finding a job.
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Jane Addams
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A scientist who discovered germs and found a way to kill germs in food, a process called pasteurization.
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Louis Pasteur
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He built the first skyscraper, named the Home Insurance Company Building.
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William Le Baron Jenney
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When you ________, you tell how things are different.
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contrast
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When you store or save something so it can be used later.
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preserve
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He invented a way to turn iron into steel in 1856. Steel was now much cheaper to produce.
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Henry Bessemer
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An inventor who built the first working telephone.
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Alexander Graham Bell
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He was an American inventor who invented more than 1,000 inventions including the light bulb and the motion picture camera.
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Thomas Edison
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A scientist who invented a way to preserve blood and started the American Red Cross.
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Charles Drew
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When you ________, you tell how things are alike.
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compare
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A way to kill germs by using heat.
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pasteurization
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He produced great amounts of steel.
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Andrew Carnegie
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He was a doctor and a scientist who invented a vaccine to prevent polio.
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Jonas Salk
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A liquid made from the dead or weakened germs of a disease.
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vaccine
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Inventor of an automatic safety clamp which led to the first safe elevator.
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Elisha Otis
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