True or False - Canals could take more direct routes than trains.
False
100
True or False - most children in IN went to school for at least 10 years.
False
100
Who started many of IN's first colleges?
What is religious groups.
100
A human made waterway dug to carry small boats or ships.
What is canal.
100
A school of higher learning or special training that gives degrees beyond high school diplomas.
What is college
200
Which was faster railroads or canals?
What is railroads.
200
Who taught children how to read and write if they didn't attend school?
their parents
200
Name the two largest towns in IN in 1850.
What is Indianapolis and New Albany
200
Items that are for sale.
What are goods.
200
A school of higher learning that contains several colleges and grants degrees in many different subjects.
What is university
300
Tell me two things that happened because of railroads.
1. farmers could send their products to market faster adn cheaper
2. towns grew quickly along railroad lines
3. many people imigrated to IN to build RR's
300
Who said public education should be supported by taxes?
Who is Caleb Mills.
300
Why did towns want colleges nearby?
What is a college town would grow, stores and businesses would have more customers.
300
A number of consumers willing and able to buy a product or service.
What is demand.
300
Useful work that is done for others.
What is services
400
What groups of people imigrated to IN to help build canals and railroads?
What is Irish and German immigrants came to help dig and build.
400
Why could many hoosiers not read or write?
there was a lack of public education.
400
What state college did the General Assembly start in 1820?
What is Indiana University
400
What is trade?
The voluntary exchange of goods or services.
400
Groups of businesses that produce or manufacture related goods or services, or the organized work needed to design and produce things.
What is industry.
500
Tell me two reasons canals were not as useful as railroads.
1. canals froze in the winter
2. canals had to follow other bodies of water.
3. trains could take more direct routes
500
When was a full public school system put into place?
What is the late 1860s
500
Tell me two facts about Purdue University from our chapter.
What is 1. a land grant college
2. founded in 1874 in
3. Lafayette
4. strong in Agriculture and in
5.mechanical arts
500
What is market?
A place where buyers and sellers exchange goods and services.