People Inventions Immigration
100
What are "factory girls?"
The women who worked in textile factories during the market revolution.
100
What is the cotton gin?
Enabled cotton fiber separation at 50X the speed.
100
Who are the Germans?
This immigrant group brought concepts such as the Christmas tree and kindergarten
200
What is Eleanor Roosevelt?
Ms. Stern's dog's full name.
200
What is the sewing machine?
Became the foundation for ready-made clothing.
200
Who are the Irish?
This immigrant group settled largely in urban areas on the East Coast.
300
Who is Eli Whitney?
He invented the cotton gin.
300
What is a patent?
Used to protect an invention or idea
300
What is the potato famine?
The main reason that Irish immigrated to the US in the early-mid 1800s was.
400
Who is McCormick?
He is generally credited with the invention of the mechanical reaper.
400
What is the Erie Canal?
This linked the Great Lakes to the Hudson River
400
What is the Know-Nothing Party?
This party formed in opposition to the rise in Irish immigration, particularly alarmed at Catholicism's rise.
500
Who is Alexis de Tocqueville?
French author of "Democracy in America" who was impressed by public political participation but confused by Americans' consumerism.
500
What are interchangeable parts?
This principle/invention was the basis for modern assembly lines.
500
What is rapid urbanization?
Issues such as slums, insufficient policing, and improper waste disposal was a result of.






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