Writing About History
5. ARGUMENTATIVE WRITING Which of the following men created the
invention that had the greatest impact on the nation's development?
Explain your answer, citing information from the lesson text.
• Samuel Morse
• John Deere
Cyrus McCormick

All these three great men invented machines that completely changed the societies they lived in. However, in my opinion, Samuel Morse probably had the largest impact on the nation's development.

Both John Deere and Cyrus McCormick invented intelligent machines such as harvesters that were able to considerably lower the need for labor and improved agricultural output.

The machines contributed to larger plantations and surplus crops which made the United States self-sufficient and eventually become a major exporter.

However, Samuel Morse was the investor of the single-wire telegram. One of the earliest forms quick communication over hundreds of miles, the invention was able to provide a new vision to how humans could communicate.

It brought the nation closer, improved connectivity, helped created a basic technological infrastructure and fulled innovation and entrepreneurship in the country that still survives today.

the answer is states.

when world war i broke out across europe in 1914, president woodrow wilson proclaimed the united states would remain neutral, and many americans supported this policy of nonintervention. however, public opinion about neutrality started to change after the sinking of the british ocean liner lusitania by a german u-boat in 1915; almost 2,000 people perished, including 128 americans. along with news of the zimmerman telegram threatening an alliance between germany and mexico, wilson asked congress for a declaration of war against germany. the u.s. officially entered the conflict on april 6, 1917.