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What is a port?
a place near a body of water where ships dock to load and unload goods
What waterways made steamboat travel easier?
canals
Was the South full of farms or cities?
farms
What were most businesses in the Northeast?
manufacturers
What is a patent?
a right that says only the inventor may make or sell his invention
What were the large farms in the South called?
plantations
After steamboats, what became a popular way to travel?
railroads
What was the main crop of the South?
cotton
What provided much of the power for earlier factories?
water wheels in the nearby rivers (later steam engines)
What was the benefit of a patent?
Inventors could make money from their inventions.
What word means to separate grain from its husks?
thresh
Which makes faster travel: trains or steamboats?
trains
What was one problem the book listed with cities?
crime (need for police) and fires
Cyrus McCormick invented reapers. What are those?
a simple machine that cuts and gathers grain.
What is an immigrant?
a person who comes to live in a country from somewhere else
What is the amount of goods and services that people want to buy?
demand
Steamboats could only travel by river, but railroad tracks opened up new possibilities.
What was one benefit of cities the book listed?
new jobs; more money; buy nicer things; more activities
What did Charles Goodyear discover?
a way to make better rubber (especially for tires)
Where were most US immigrants from?
Europe
What is the amount of goods a business or company produces?
supply
List three areas of growth in the US during this time.
canals, steamboats, railways
What helped farmers work faster and better in the mid-1800's?
machines
What did Elias Howe invent?
the sewing machine
What was the temperance movement?
a push by people to get others to not drink alcohol