Quiz 17, Chapter 10, pp. 182-190 Flashcards
invented the reaping machine
Cyrus McCormick
entrepreneur who helped make possible the first transatlantic cable
Cyrus Field
invented the steel plow
John Deere
became known as America’s greatest science teacher
Louis Agassiz
made further improvements on Elias Howe’s sewing machine
Issac Singer
invented the telegraph
Samuel Morse
Who was credited with introducing ether as an effective pain killer for surgery?
William Morton
Why did one and a half million Irish people immigrate to the US?
to escape the potato famine, which had caused widespread starvation
Name the first woman to become a physician in the US?
Elizabeth Blackwell
What term is defined as one who risks personal loss to develop and market a new product?
entrepreneur