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32 Cards in this Set
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Invented the telephone in 1876
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Alexander Graham Bell |
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Assisted in the invention of the telephone
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Thomas Watson |
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Found many uses for the peanut and sweet potato |
George Washington Carver |
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German engineer who pioneered the design of suspension bridges |
John Roebling |
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Build the first skyscraper |
Louis Sullivan |
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World's greatest builder of free public libraries |
Andrew Carnegie |
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Developed an inexpensive method of turning iron ore into steel |
Sir Henry Bessemer |
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Formed the Standard Oil Company and became the wealthiest man in America |
John D. Rockefeller
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First to drill for oil in the U.S. |
Edwin L. Drake |
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Greatest inventor America had ever produced
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Thomas Edison |
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is the term describing one who risks personal loss to develop and market a new product |
entrepreneur |
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connects Manhattan and Brooklyn over the East River
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Brooklyn Bridge |
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was the city that became the first center of skyscraper architecture
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Chicago |
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is giving away large sums of money to needy individuals and private charities |
philonthrophy |
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was the first modern American skyscraper, yet it is only ten stories high
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Wainwright Building |
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102 story skyscraper located in New York City
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Empire State Building |
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name of the school which began the idea of medical research |
John Hopkins Medical School |
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term for those who came to America from other countries to escape religious or political persecution
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immigrants |
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state that joined the Union in 1876 so it was given the title "Centennial State" |
Colorado |
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state that was the first to grant women full political privileges, which caused many states to follow |
Wyoming
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term that means the hanging of a victim by a mob
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lynching |
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largest independent oil company on West Coast that was established by Lyman Stewart |
Union Oil Company |
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began a Bible Institute for the advanced training of Christian workers
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Dwight L. Moody |
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took the gospel to Alaska and set up a public school system |
Sheldon Jackson |
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founded "the Grange" which influenced legislature to pass laws that regulated railroad freight rates |
Oliver Kelly
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spent only fours months as President before he was shot and killed |
James A. Garfield |
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was the 23rd President of the U.S. and had 6 Western states join the Union during his presidency |
General Benjamin Harrison |
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invented barbed wire to help farmers in the west keep their cattle in |
Joseph Glidden |
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rapid increase in prices
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inflation |
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Who gave us the statue of Liberty and where is it located? |
France, located in New York |
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What does the statue of Liberty hold in her hands? |
torch and a tablet |
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Was built to connect the East Coast and the West Coast
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Transcontinental Railroad |
