Ch. 13 Flashcards
(36 cards)
Who wrote the “Blue-Backed Speller”?
Noah Webster
Who promoted primary public schools?
Horace Mann
When was America’s first public high school founded?
1821
Which university was the first one in operation?
University of North Carolina
Which college was the first coed collage?
Oberlin Collage
Which college was the first woman only collage?
Wesleyan Collage
The Lyceum movement was pioneered in America by whom?
Josiah Holbrook
Who invented the steel plow?
John deer
Who invented the reaper?
Cyrus McCormick
Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
Who is the “Father of the American Factory System.”
Samuel Slater
Who invented the power loom?
Francis Cabot Lowell
Who invented the sewing machine?
Elias Howe
Who is credited with inventing the first practical steam engine?
James Watt
Which road was one of the earliest dirt/gravel roads?
Lancaster Turnpike
Who designed macadam roads?
John Loudon McAdam
Who built the first practical steam boat?
Robert Fulton
Much of the credit of the Erie Canal being built goes to?
DeWitt Clinton
Who does most of the credit of the laying of the transatlantic cable go to?
Matthew Maury
Who laid the transatlantic cable?
Cyrus field
What kind of roadways formed by logs laid side by side?
Corduroy roads
Who established a large American settlement in Texas?
Stephen Austin
When was the Texas War for Independence fought?
1836
The Texans followed the leadership of who in the Texas War for Independence?
Sam Houston
