13 U.S. Inventions & 20th Century
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Who invented the telegraph and Morse code according to the guide?
Samuel Morse.
When does the guide date the telegraph and Morse code?
1838.
Who invented the telephone according to the guide?
Alexander Graham Bell.
When does the guide date the telephone?
1876.
Name three inventions associated with Thomas Edison in the guide.
Phonograph, light bulb, and motion picture camera.
Who invented electronic television according to the guide?
Philo T. Farnsworth.
When does the guide date electronic television?
1927.
Who invented the steamboat according to the guide?
Robert Fulton.
When does the guide date the steamboat?
1807.
Who built and piloted the first airplane according to the guide?
Wilbur and Orville Wright.
Where did the Wright Brothers fly the first airplane?
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Who is associated with the assembly line for mass-producing cars in the guide?
Henry Ford.
What country gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States?
France.
Where is the Statue of Liberty?
New York Harbor in New York City.
When was the Pledge of Allegiance written?
1892.
What event on October 29, 1929 began the Great Depression according to the guide?
The stock market crash known as Black Tuesday.
Who started the New Deal?
President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
What was the New Deal?
A major government public works program to provide jobs and support during the Great Depression.
When was Pearl Harbor bombed?
December 7, 1941.
What did the attack on Pearl Harbor cause the United States to do?
Enter World War II.
Who was president when Pearl Harbor was attacked?
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Who was president at the end of World War II?
Harry S. Truman.
Who was known for the desk sign 'The buck stops here'?
Harry S. Truman.
Who became president in 1961?
John F. Kennedy.
Who gave the 'I Have a Dream' speech in 1963?
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Who became president after Kennedy was assassinated?
Lyndon B. Johnson.
What was Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society?
A program addressing poverty and racial inequality.
When did Apollo 11 land on the moon?
July 20, 1969.
Who was the first man to set foot on the moon?
Neil Armstrong.
What happened on September 11, 2001 according to the Digital Round section?
Terrorists hijacked airplanes and attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.