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What is a person called who comes to live in a country that is from somewhere else? pg.173
immigrant
In the 1800s, most immigrants came to America from Ireland (Irish) & Germany (German). pg.174
TRUE
What movement was ONE attempt at reform? pg.81
temperance movement
A place where ships can dock to load & unload their goods. pg. 169
port
What were the 2 main ways of transportation that connected cities? pg.166
steamboats & trains
What is it called to share information? pg. 177
communication
"WHAT HATH MAN WROUGHT" was the first telegraph message. pg. 179
FALSE-GOD
Name 3 areas in which the United States grew. pg.161
land, people & money
A right that says only the inventor may make or sell his invention. pg. 172
patent
What 3 benefits did railroads bring to the growing nation? pg.165
News travel quickly, goods manufactured int he East could be sold in the West, & people could travel more.
This gave people a new way to send messages. pg.178
telegraph
Large amounts of land that planters owned were called plantations.
TRUE
What is the term for the amount of goods and services that people want to buy? pg.162
demand
Who invented the reaper in the early 1830s? pg.171
Cyrus McCormick
What 2 problems did cities experience with their growth? pg.166
crime & fires
A tool farmers would use to cut and gather grains. pg.171
reaper
The goods that are produced by companies or businesses are called the demand. pg. 162
FALSE-SUPPLY
What year was the horse-drawn reaper invented?
(use the time-line)
1831
A change to make something better or more just for others. pg.181
What 2 changes did farms experience during the growth of cities? pg.167
produced extra food to sell in cites & became more important and had more sucess.
What does thresh mean? pg.167
separate grain from its husks.
Charles Goodyear invented what? pg.171
found a way to make better rubber.
What year was Samuel Morse's first telegraph message sent? (use the time-line)
1844
Who invented the telegraph, which sent pulses of electricity over the wires? pg.189
Samuel Morse
What problem came with the progress of the country? pg. 185
it changed people's way of life.