Industrial Revolution

What did Samuel F. B. Morse invent

Morse Code/Telegraph

What did John Deere invent

Riding Plow

What was a conestoga wagon

the typical horse-drawn, canvas covered wagon

How was the Erie Canal built

they built it by hand

What was the purpose of the Erie Canal

to connect the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean via the Hudson River

List the cities along the Erie Canal route

-Buffalo -Lockport -Rochester -Syracuse -Rome -Utica -Schenectady -Troy -Albany

What did Eli Whitney invent

Cotton Gin, use interchangable parts

what is the definition of corporation

an independent legal entity owned by shareholders

What was the national road

the first major highway in the US to be built by the federal government

what is the definition of nativism

the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants

What was the name of Robert Fulton's first steamboat

Clermont

What did Cyrus Field invent

Transatlantic Cable

Who was Robert Fulton, what did he invent

an American engineer and inventor who invented the steamboat

What is a turnpike

an expressway, especially one on which a toll is charged

3 principal canals in 1840

-Delaware and Rarlain Canal -Pennsylania Canal -Ohio Canal

What states did the national road run through

-Illinois -Indiana -Maryland -Ohio -Pennsylvania -West Virginia

5 ways the Erie Canal changed American transportation

-Increase in revenue for factories and farms -Opened up the unsettled areas of Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana -New York became the principal gateway to the West and the economic center of the country -Connected the West staes to the Northern states, grain farmers could ship to the New England states -Farms weren't needed as much in the North and many farmers moved to the cities to work in factories

how did the invention of the railroad and steam engine affect the united states

-brought profound social, economic, and political change -led to bridges and other structures -drew trade from inside the country

How did transportation change in the 1800's

-turnpikes -national road -canal systems -steamboats -trains and railroads

What did Oliver Evans invent

Automated Flour Mill

What did Cyrus McCormick invent

Horse Drawn Reaper

top 3 nationalities of immigrants

Ireland Germany Great Britian

Where do the two railroads meet

Promontory Summit, Utah

What was the "American Dream"

They all regarded material advance as the natural fruit of American republicanism & proof of the country's virtue and promise

Where did the two railroads start

UPR- Omaha, Nebraska CPR- San Francisco

what were the two continental railroads?

Union Pacific Railroad and Central Pacific Railroad

What is a steamboat

a boat that is propelled by a steam engine, especially a paddle-wheel craft of a type used widely on rivers`

what is the transcontinental railroad

a continuous network of railroad track age that crosses a continental land mass with terminal at different oceans or continental borders

What is a canal system

a system of passage ways by which boats with cargoes could be moved easily and relatively cheaply on water across country

What are trains and railroads

a system of railroad tracks with the trains, organization, and personnel required for its working

what is a texile

a type of cloth or woven fabrics

What was the 1st major route of the steamboat

from New York City to Albany

What are the conditions of the Lowell Mills

low pay no windows 13 hours of work for 6 days a week