history Ppl

Question 1

John Deere

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famous for steel plow

Question 2

Cyrus McCormick

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invented reaper, easier to cut grain, later he invented thresher

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Eli Whitney

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invented the cotton gin

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Samuel Slater

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Remember as “Father of the American factory system

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Isaac Merrit Singer

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making sewing machine, skilled American machinist

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Francis cabot Lowell

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invented a power loom

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Elias howe

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invented much-improved sewing machine, made product of clothing and shoes more efficient

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James Watt

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scotsman, invented the first practical steam engine

Question 9

Oliver Evans

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first American to develop high-pressure steam engine

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John Loudon McAdam

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British engineer how designed the macadam roads

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Robert Fulton

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credited w building the first practical steamboat, he also crated the Clermont

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dewitt Clinton

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credited for the construction of Erie Canal

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Peter Cooper

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the Tom Thumb

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Donald Mckay

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one clipper designed, logged 465 nautical mies in 24 hours

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Samuel F.B. Morse

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Invented the telegraph system, devised the code of dots and dashes w Morse code

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Matthew Maury

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Transatlantic cable, American naval officer and oceanographer many called pathfinder of the sea

Question 17

Cyrus field

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began laying the cable