People
Katherine Lee Bates was the author of ____
America the Beautiful
what is a mineral mined from quarries?
granite
Alexander Graham Bell invented the ___
telephone
why did people start to immigrate to the northeast? (the MAIN reason)
a factory that uses machines to weave cloth
textile mill
wrote MOST of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
what was the cause of lakes to form in the NE?
glaciers melted
a native american who came up with a plan for peace between two tribes
Hiawatha or Degandawida
what was the largest immigration center called?
Ellis Island
a protected area where ships can dock safely
harbor
an English explorer
Henry Hudson
describe 3 natural resources used in the NE
trees - lumber
water (fish/oysters )
farming (potatoes, berries, corn, vegetables, pastures for dairy cows)
name either of the two tribes that were discussed in the history
Iroquois/ Algonquian
what canal was built to link the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean?
Erie Canal
a record made of people who took part in or saw an event (the person was there)
primary source
leader of the American army during the Revolutionary War
George Washington
Describe the climate in NE?
four seasons, very cold winters (blizzards), hot summers, cool autumns, warm spring
Why were colonists mad with Britain?
they did not like paying the high taxes or having a say in government
a period in which new sources of power were used to replace machines powered by hand; people could make things faster
Industrial Revolution
record of an event that was made by people who were NOT there
secondary source
opened the first electric power plant
Thomas Edison
describe landforms found in the NE? (3)
mountains, lakes, hills, valleys, coastal plain
the colonists wanted ____from Britain. They fought a war to become free and won.
independence
why were factories located near water?
water powered machines and made shipping easier and more convenient
true/false - a diary is a secondary source
false