Innovations in the Early-1800s Project

Below is a list of inventions and inventors that changed America life in the early 1800s. You will be responsible for one (1) of these. This project is due on Monday, February 25, 2013. See your assignment sheet for more information.

Robert Fulton / steamboat

Samuel Morse / telegraph

John Deere / steel plow

Cyrus McCormick / reaper

Eli Whitney / cotton gin

Louis Pasteur / Pasteurization

Peter Durand / tin can

George Stevenson / locomotive

William Murdoch / gas light

Fredrick Koenig / improved printing press

John Walker / matches

W.A. Burt / typewriter

Barthelemy Thimonnier / sewing machine

Jacob Perkins / ether ice machine

Francis Pettit Smith / propellor

Samuel Colt / revolver

Charles Goodyear / vulcanization

Edmund Cartwright / power loom

Edward Jenner / smallpox vaccine

Alessandro Volta / battery

Joseph Aspdin / Portland cement

William Morton / inhalation anesthesia

Early American Leadership Essay

Below you will find the entire assignment sheet for your Early American Leadership Essay that is due on Thursday, February 14, 2013. I will also accept essays on Friday, February 15, 2013 without penalty, but because I do not see your class that day, it is your responsibility to find me in the building.

Thomas Jefferson's Foreign Policies

Lewis and Clark's Expedition

Above you will find the answer key for the map from class that will help you visualize the great journey taken by Lewis and Clark (as well as by Zebulon Pike). Below is a National Geographic documentary about Lewis and Clark's Expedition.

Do-Nows for Week of 2/4/13

MONDAY:
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TUESDAY:
None (Your assignment was to finish the questions sheet on John Adams)

WEDNESDAY:
What did George Washington say about foreign relations in his Farewell Address? How did John Adams uphold or violate Washington's wishes?

 

In his Farewell Address, George Washington warned America about becoming involved in foreign conflicts. He advised the government to steer clear of permanent alliances, but to trade with and have good will toward all nations. John Adams essentially upheld Washington's wishes by not involving America in a war with France.

THURSDAY:
None

FRIDAY:
None