Definitions
amount of goods and services that people want to buy
demand
the inventor of the telegraph
Samuel Morse
this tool is used to cut and gather grain
reaper
name one good thing cities had that farms didn't
parades, plays, other activities
name one benefit of the railroads
connected people, news traveled faster, goods from the East sold in the West
goods that are produced by companies or businesses
supply
a new way to send messages by sending pulses of electricity over wires is the definition of the word:
telegraph
this man invented the reaper
Cyrus McCormick
name one problem cities had
crime, fires
a right that says only the inventor may make or sell his invention
patent
a person who comes to live in a country from somewhere else
immigrant
Samuel Morse created this method of communicating with the telegraph
Morse Code
this is what was produced on plantations
were there more or less jobs in cities?
more
name one reason Americans didn't trust immigrants
change American way of life, their beliefs about God, no intergration
a large amount of land owned by a planter
plantation
the year the first telegraph was sent
1844
this is where most plantations were located
South
what kind of jobs existed in cities
manufacturing
name 3 places that people immigrated from
Ireland, Germany, Sweden
a change to make something better or just
reform
first message sent on the telegraph
"What God hath wrought"
the year the horse drawn reaper was invented
1831
these are where ships docked in cities
ports
name 3 ways people were connected
trains, steamboats, and telegraph