Transportation
The terms turnpikes, Macadam, and corduroy are all referring to what?
Roads
In the early 1800s who was responsible for education?
The family
What machine combined dots and dashes to send messages instantly over wires?
The telegraph
In the 1800s, manufacturing changed from work done by hand in private homes to what form of production?
Machines in factories
John Deere developed what tool that impacted farming?
The steel plow
What invention allowed people and goods to be transported up the Mississippi River?
The steamboat
What was the book created by Noah Webster which taught phonics and reading?
The "Blue Backed Speller"
Who invented the method of communication using dots and dashes over wires? This method bears his name.
Samuel F.B. Morse
During the 1800s, manufacturing shifted from people working at home to what?
The factory system
Eli Whitney invented a machine that would separate the seed from cotton fibers. What did he call this invention?
The cotton gin
What was built to connect the Hudson River with the Great Lakes, reducing the cost of freight and impacting the development of New York?
The Erie Canal
What were the most widely used schoolbooks in America; teaching Christian morals, geography, science, literature, and patriotism?
The McGuffey's readers
As transportation improved, what other form of communication became more efficient and affordable?
The postal service
James Watt introduced what as a source of power, which allowed factories to be built wherever raw materials were available?
The steam engine
Who invented the steamboat?
Robert Fulton
What form of transportation linked the east coast to the Midwest, financed in part by the government?
Railroads
Who was the first secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education who was instrumental in the growth of public education?
Horace Mann
Cyrus Field began a project that allowed Queen Victoria and President Buchannan to exchange messages. What was this project that was completed in 1866?
Laying the transatlantic cable for the telegraph
What section of the country led in the development of industrialization, and the growth of urban populations?
The Northeast
What other crops were grown in the agricultural South.
Tobacco, sugar cane, rice, hemp, corn, wheat, and oats.
What long, lean sailing ships were known for their speed, cutting the time to get from the East Coast to California in half?
Clipper ships
What was built in industrial cities primarily to help factory workers have access to books and educational materials?
Public libraries
The telegraph was a great invention, but was responsible for the end of what other communication service?
The Pony Express
Who immigrated from England with plans to reconstruct a textile factory from memory in Rhode Island. He is known as the "Father of the American Factory System."
Samuel Slater
How did Whitney's invention impact slavery?
It made cotton production profitable and increased the need for cheap field labor.