History 13

who wrote the "Blue-Black Speller" (American Spelling Book)

who wrote the Eclectic Readers

who was largely responsible the rapid growth of America's public school systems; first secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education

first woman's college

fathered the lyceum movement in the United States

who wrote the New York Herald news paper

who wrote the New York Tribune news paper

first University to begin operating in 1795

organizations that conducted discussions and established libraries and public schools

who began this movement

steel plow

Reaper

cotton gin

"king" crop in the South

"Father of the American Factory System"

power loom

improved sowing machine in 1846

who invented the first practical steam engine

developed a high pressure steam engine

manufacturing in the home

which road was made by logs that were lad side by side to form a road

roads raised above their surrounding terrain to aid drainage

built the first practical steam boat

canal completed in 1825 that connected the Hudson River and Lake Erie

greatest contribution to the history of sailing vessels

who invented the telegraph

who laid the first transatlantic cable

"Pathfinder of the Seas"

what country provided the largest number of immigrants to America Between 1820 and 1850

what was the name of Robert Fulton's steam boat

What was the first American college to allow women

Americas 1st public high school was located in what city