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- 2. An instrument designed for the simultaneous transmission and reception of the human voice invented by Alexander Graham Bell.
- 5. Was remembered for the contoured forms of his art and for the turmoil of his personal
- 7. The first ____ in the United States improved writing because it made consistent letter marks on paper.
- 11. The invention of a device that made sewing faster by making the job mechanical and not by hand.
- 13. A revolutionary way to transmit messages, this invention allowed people send messages great distances in seconds, founded June 15, 1836.
- 16. Founder of the dynasty that ruled Egypt from the beginning of the 19th century to the middle of the 20th.
- 17. The first confirmed sighting of mainland _____ in 1820.
- 18. The technological advances of this revolution introduced ways of working and living, this transformed society and dominated all throughout the modern period.
- 20. Publisher of The Communist Manifesto, he formed the basis of the body of thought and belief known as Marxism.
- 21. In Berlin, major European nations met to decide questions about the occupations of the Congo River basin in Central Africa.
- 22. Led the South's attempt at secession during the Civil War
- 23. The founder of the American Red Cross
- 24. Eli Whittney invented this device in 1793 and had it pattened in 1794. This invention allowed much faster and higher yields from cotton plants.
- 25. This transported between 10 million and 12 million enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas, in 1808 it was made illegal by the American Congress.
- 27. A useful tool for writers in history so they could find literary definitions and meanings and grew into a major resource we use today, a first reliable version being created in 1755.
- 28. Was the 16th president of the us
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- 1. Within 15 years of development within this device, the world's first public railway station was built in London.
- 3. The failure of the potato crop in Ireland where millions had become dependent on potatoes as their main source of nutrition, ending in starvation and migration.
- 4. The period of direct British rule over the Indian subcontinent that began in 1858.
- 6. One of the most acclaimed inventors in American history.
- 8. 13 of Great Britain’s North American colonies won political independence and went on to form the United States of America.
- 9. Emancipated the slaves and negotiated for the French colony on Hispaniola, Saint-Domingue, which is now Haiti.
- 10. Ben Franklin, his famous experiment with a key attached to a kite proved that lightning discovered this new major scientific finding.
- 11. The inoculation of an eight-year-old boy by Edward Jenner that created a revolutionary vaccine for a widespread virus.
- 12. Turkic-Mongol origin empire that ruled most of northern India, but ended in 1857.
- 14. radical political and religious upheaval that was arguably the most important event in China in the 19th century, it against the Qing dynasty and the presence of foreigners in China.
- 15. English philosopher who inspired both the European Enlightenment and the Constitution of the United States.
- 19. This device was sold abroad and made accessible in the Guangxun Period (1875-1908 AD) of the Qing Dynasty.
- 23. Naturalist known for His Contributions to Evolutionary Biology
- 26. This called for the end of Spanish colonial rule in Mexico, a symbolic cry for independence.
- 29. Thomas Edison is credited as the man who invented this device used to convert electricity into light.