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immigrant
a person who comes to live in a country from somewhere else
True or False
"WHAT HATH MAN WROUGHT" was the first telegraph message
FALSE!!
"What hath GOD wrought"
What is the term for the amount of goods and services that people want to buy
demand
When was the horse-drawn reaper invented?
1831
What changes did farms experience during the growth of cities?
produced extra food to sell in the cities
Became more important and had more success
to share information
communicate
True or False
Large amounts of land that planters owned were called plantations.
TRUE!
Place where ships dock to load and unload goods
port
when was Samuel Morse's first telegraph message sent?
1844
The immigrants who came over the Atlantic ocean needed to go to ________ island to get medical checks and their papers checked
Ellis Island in New York City
gave people a new way to send messages
telegraph
True or false
The goods that are produced by companies or businesses are called demand.
FALSE!!
The goods that are produced by companies or businesses are called SUPPLY
a right that says only the inventor may make ord sell his invention
patent
what were the main ways of transportation that connected cities?
steamboats
trains
Who invented the sewing machine?
Elias Howe
a tool farmers used to cut and gather grain
reaper
What movement was one attempt to reform
temperance movement
a change to make something better or more just
reform
what benefits did railroads bring to the growing nation?
news traveled more quickly
goods manufactured in the East could be sold in the West
People could travel to see other parts of the country
True or False?
In the 1800s, most immigrants came to America from Ireland and Germany.
True!
Name the areas in which the United States grew
1. people
2. land
3. money
invented the telegraph, which sent pulses of electricity over wires
Samuel Morse
What problems did cities experience with their growth?
crime and fires