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-Robert Fulton
A)invented the telegraph
B)invented the sewing machine
C)with Boston Associates, formed the Boston Manufacturing Company
D)wrote "Oh! Susanna"
E)immigrant piano maker
F)invented the primitive grain reaper
G)advocate of free public education
H)patented a process for vulcanizing rubber
I)improved the steamboat
J)used his memory to bring industrial technology from Britain to the United States

Question

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Robert Fulton improved the steamboat.

Answer: H 
 Robert Fulton did not invent the process for vulcanizing rubber but he did patent a process for it.

Answer: E 
 There is no mention of an immigrant piano maker in the descriptions.

Answer: C 
 Robert Fulton did not form the Boston Manufacturing Company, but Francis Cabot Lowell did along with the Boston Associates.

Answer: J 
 There is no mention of anyone using their memory to bring industrial technology from Britain to the United States in the descriptions.

Answer: A 
 Samuel Morse invented the telegraph, not Robert Fulton.

Answer: F 
 Cyrus McCormick invented the primitive grain reaper, not Robert Fulton.

Answer: G 
 There is no mention of Robert Fulton being an advocate for free public education.

Answer: D 
 "Oh! Susanna" was written by Stephen Foster, not Robert Fulton.

Answer: B 
 Elias Howe invented the sewing machine, not Robert Fulton.

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