Horsepower
In our early history, there were two choices for transportation - road or water. Traveling on road by horses was ________ than water travel.
Slower
What is the period known for new machines that allowed people to make more goods faster?
Industrial Revolution
Jobs created by the industrial revolution brought millions of ____________ from Europe to the Northeast.
Immigrants
Annapolis
Capital of Massachusetts?
Boston
bodies of water that boats can use for transportation.
waterways
In the early 1800's factories that used machines powered by moving water often were opened along a ?
River
Where was the nations largest immigration center located?
Ellis Island
Capital of New Jersey?
Trenton
Hartford
These type of rivers were deep enough and wide enough for ships to use. These flowed across the region.
Navigable rivers
What is a factory that uses machines to weave cloth?
Textile Mill
a large city together with its suburbs
metropolitan area
captial of Maine?
Augusta
capital of Rhode Island?
Providence
a waterway dug across land is called a ________?
canal
In the mid- 1800's, what began to power machines in factories? These also provided power for boats and trains.
steam engines
With the immigrants moving to the Northeast to work in factories, many cities experienced enormous _______ _______. "Growth of cities in a region"
Urban Growth
capital of New Hampshire?
Concord
Capital of New York?
Albany
What is the canal that was completed in 1825? It connected the New York cities of Buffalo on Lake Erie and Troy on the Hudson River to New York City on the Atlantic Coast.
Erie Canal
In 1882, who opened the world's first electric power plant in New York City?
Thomas Edison
an urban region formed when two or more metropolitan areas grow together
megalopolis
Capital of Vermont?
Montpelier
Capital of Delaware?
Dover