Industries Develop Slowly
Transportation
Immigrant Facts
Education
Authors
100
In 1834, Cyrus McCormick invented the reaper, and soon after, John Deere invented the ________________ plow.
What is the steel plow.
100
Road travlers paid to use
What is a turnpike.
100
They left their homeland due to a crop disease
What is both
100
Many wealthy families paid _______________to teach their children.
What is tutors
100
Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe
200
Another development that helped industry was a method of burning _____________ to make iron.
What is coal.
200
Postal system used for only 18 months.
What is the pony express
200
They escaped political problems in their homeland.
What is German
200
Some older children attended ________________________ and colleges.
What is academies
200
Author of The Scarlet Letter
Who is Nathaniel Hawthorne
300
The __________________ industry began to grow with the help of the cotton gin.
What is cotton.
300
human made waterway
What is canal
300
Many settled in American cities.
What is both
300
In Massachusetts, schools were supported by state ________________________.
What is taxes
300
book with lasting value or meaning
What is classic
400
To improve working conditions ________________ were started but they were not very successful.
What is labor union.
400
Strongest shipping and trading center in the USA
What is New York
400
They faced starvation in their homeland.
What is Irish
400
Horace Mann was in charge of ________________________ for the state of Massachusetts.
What is education
400
a person who wanted slavery stopped
What is abolitionist
500
About 90% of the population lived in _______________ regions
What is rural.
500
Engine that rides on rails
What is locomotive
500
They became part of the American melting pot.
What is both
500
________________________ education was not a popular idea, especially with working-class families.
What is public
500
Wrote Paul Revere's Ride
Who is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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