second half of 12

Question 1

What was the fee charged to use many roads in the 1800s?

Answer 1

Toll

Question 2

What do you call machines that make parts for other machines?

Answer 2

Interchangeable parts

Question 3

Name the designer of clipper ships.

Answer 3

Donald Mc Kay

Question 4

Name the governor of New York who worked to establish the Erie Canal

Answer 4

Dewitt Clinton

Question 5

Name the designer and builder of the first practical steam locomotive.

Answer 5

Peter Cooper

Question 6

Name the area that became a state in 1850, causing communication and transportation problems for the nation.

Answer 6

California

Question 7

What do you call the large canvas-covered wagons used for moving west?

Answer 7

Conestoga wagons

Question 8

Where did the Wilderness Road pass through the Appalachian Mountains?

Answer 8

The Cumberland Gap

Question 9

Name the man who thought of dots and dashes to convey messages across telegraph wires.

Answer 9

Samuel B. Morse

Question 10

Name the frontiersmen who cut the Wilderness Road into Kentucky.

Answer 10

Daniel Boone