Chapter 33-34 Crossword
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- 3. year the first drive in gas station opened in Pittsburgh (number, but written in words).
- 4. The year JP Morgan died (number-, but written in words).
- 6. What kept the Wright brothers from flying on both of the days that reporters were there to watch (two words)?
- 7. The year that newspaper reporters started showing up to see if people really were flying in airplanes (number, but written in words).
- 9. Who won the coin toss and got to fly first?
- 13. The car should cost about the same as this (3 words).
- 14. Before drivers ed, you had to read this document and hope for the best (2 words).
- 15. The idea of an inexpensive car at the turn of the century seemed like ___.
- 19. The writer who did witness the Wright brother's flight wrote about it in this kind of journal.
- 20. The sand dune that turned out to be a good place for airplane testing (three words).
- 22. True or False - the Wright brothers were daredevils.
- 23. The French were screaming this (in French) as they witnessed Wilbur flying (two words).
- 26. The number of different wings the Wright brothers tested (number, but written in words).
- 27. In 1900, Literary Digest magazine's writers predicted that these would never be commonly used (2 words).
- 30. The year the first Model T. Ford was released (number, but written in words).
- 31. The year in which Ford started to pay his workers over double the typical wage (number, but written in words).
- 32. How many seconds did the longest flight last on the Wright brothers' first day testing their plane (number)?
- 34. The idea of Eli Whitney's that Ford used to make his cars (2 words).
- 37. What did jokes about the Model T. help do, according to Ford.
- 38. Who did JP Morgan's bank say that automobiles were for (2 words)?
- 39. What state did the Wright brother's first fly to from Kitty Hawk (two words)?
- 40. What did Ford like to take apart and put back together again when he was a boy?
- 41. One of the Wright brother's first names.
- 42. Henry Ford's brilliant idea centered around this thing.
- 43. How did the Wright brothers do everything when they were growing up, according to Wilbur Wright's writings?
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- 1. The year Ford drove his car off the assembly line (number, but written in words).
- 2. Wilbur Wright planned on becoming one of these when he grew up, until a hockey puck shattered that dream.
- 5. Another of the Wright brother's first names.
- 8. The first machines tested by the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk.
- 10. Which of the Wright brother's parents helped them build things?
- 11. The car that was powered by a steam engine and owned by the wealthy (two words).
- 12. The Wright brothers did not have to depend on this thing in order to fly.
- 16. The Wright brother that had a mischievous side.
- 17. The year the price of the Model T. dropped to $350 (number, but written in words).
- 18. The year that men first flew (number, but written in words).
- 21. One of the 3scientific problems that needed to be sorted out before human flight was possible.
- 24. What inventor encouraged Ford in his automobile dream?
- 25. The biggest bank in the nation (3 words).
- 28. The Cost of the first Model T. (Number, but written in words).
- 29. What kind of people should be able to afford Ford's car?
- 33. A slang word for a nickel.
- 35. What kind of shop did the Wright brothers own?
- 36. What German leader did Ford admire (two words)?