Transportation
These are man-made waterways that connect bodies of water
What are canals?
These were cheaper and faster than canals.
What are railroads?
This replaced artisans who made small quantities in homes.
What is the factory system?
Samuel Morse
Who is the inventor of the telegraph?
The inventor whose plow was able to break up soil without clumping.
Who is John Deere?
Robert Fulton
Who is the inventor or builder of the steamboat, Clermont?
Another way that the railroad is better than canals.
What is that they do not freeze in the winter like canals? (or they are more reliable)
He brought manufacturing technology to America from England by memorizing machines.
Who is Samuel Slater?
This universal language was used to communicate on the telegraph and is still used today.
What is Morse Code?
Unfortunately, this contributed to the increase of slavery in the south.
What is the cotton gin?
This pioneer created the Wilderness Road with went through the Cumberland Gap
Who is Daniel Boone?
This made river transportation difficult before the steamboat
What is sailing upstream?
He won the patent on the sewing machine that allowed for hands free operation in 1851.
Who is Isaac Singer?
This ran between St. Joseph Missouri and Sacramento, California.
What is the Pony Express?
He invented a reaper for cutting and harvesting grain at 1 acre an hour.
Who is Cyrus Mcormick?
These were helpful in transporting goods to the 49ers
What are clipper ships?
He proposed building a canal through New York.
Who is Dewitt Clinton?
He utilized the power loom to make manufacturing of cloth faster.
Who is Francis Cabot Lowell?
This connected North America with Europe
What is the Transatlantic Cable?
A negative effect of the reaper.
What is that farm prices fall and some go out of business?
The first federally funded highway
What is the National Road?
The Tom Thumb
What is the name of Peter Copper's train?
The reason(s) that labor unions formed during the Industrial Revolution.
What is to protest working conditions, to get safer working conditions, to outlaw child labor, and for better wages and shorter workdays
"What hath God wrought?"
What is the first message carried over public telegraph wires?
Describe a positive and effect of an invention in this chapter.
Various responses