Vocab
a person who comes to live in a country from somewhere else
what is an immigrant
main kind of transportation that connected cities in the early 1800s
trains
invented the telegraph
Samuel Morse
most immigrants were from where (double points)
germans and irish
where do ships dock to load
port
large farms
plantations
main products grown by southern farms
cotton and tobacco
invented the reaper
Cyrus McCormick
movement to keep people from drinking
temperance movement
rights that says only an inventor may make or sell his invention
patent
a new way to send messages by sending pulses of electricity over wires
telegraph
what were the main products grown on northern farms
wheat, hay and fruit
problems in cities
fires and crime
first telegraph message (double points)
what hath God wrought
to change to make something better or more just
reform
goods that are produced by companies or businesses
supply
benefits of cities
new jobs, more money, nicer things, parades, plays
new ways of transportation
canal, railroads, steamboats (train)
benefits of the railroad
brought goods made in the East to the west, travel quickly, and travel to other parts of country
used to haul grain
reaper
amount of goods and services that people want to buy
demand
what inventions caused cities to grow?
steamboats and railroads
more food, more important, and more success
what does population density measure
number of people that live in one area
separate grain from its husk
thresh