MATCHING Match Each Description with the Item Below

question 77

Multiple Choice

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-Charles Goodyear

• 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

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Definitions:

Antibiotics

Substances used to kill bacteria or stop their growth, helping to fight bacterial infections.

Syphilis

A sexually transmitted bacterial infection caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum, characterized by distinct stages and potentially serious long-term complications if untreated.

AIDS

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, a life-threatening condition caused by the HIV virus, which severely damages the immune system.

BPH

Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, a medical condition involving noncancerous enlargement of the prostate gland, common in older men.