Vocabulary
Before or After Samuel Slater?
Best Answers Part 1
Best Answers - Part 2
NE States and Caps
100
The way by which goods or people are moved from place to place.
What is transportation?
100
Yarn was spun with hand-powered machines.
What happened BEFORE Samuel Slater?
100
These were the first large-scale manufacturing operations in the United States.
What are water-powered mills? - C -
100
The city in which the first American-built locomotive ran.
What is Baltimore? - C -
100
The capital of New Hampshire.
What is Concord?
200
A waterway made by people.
What is a canal?
200
Water power was used to run machines.
What happened AFTER Samuel Slater?
200
This area is NOT good for a water-powered mill.
What is an area with no swift rivers? - A -
200
People built these in the 1800's to help improve transportation.
What are both railroads and canals? - C -
200
The postal abbreviation for Pennsylvania.
What is PA?
300
To give a company money in return for a share of whatever the company earns.
What is invest?
300
Water-powered machines helped people make yarn in less time.
What happened AFTER Samuel Slater?
300
This was used besides water to power early factories.
What is steam? - A -
300
A way in which better forms of transportation helped cities and the United States.
What is both factories could ship goods and people could travel more easily? - C -
300
Connecticut's location on the map.
What is 7?
400
Money paid in return for work.
What is a wage?
400
Yarn cost less when it was made with water power.
What happened AFTER Samuel Slater?
400
These were the first workers in New England's mills.
Who were young people from farms? - B -
400
A way in which J. Edgar Thomson improved the Pennsylvania Railroad.
What is he created many departments to run the railroad? - A -
400
The capital of Maryland.
What is Annapolis?
500
A person who moves to a new country.
What is an immigrant?
500
Hand spinning made the making yarn a very slow job.
What happened BEFORE Samuel Slater?
500
The reason Immigrants from all parts of Europe came to the Northeast by the thousands
What is they wanted to find better jobs? - A -
500
A reason people may want to invest in a company.
What is because they want to share in the company's profits? - B -
500
The postal abbreviation for Maine.
What is ME?
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