Growth of America
What is the amount of goods or services that people want to buy?
Demand
What were these 2 inventions powered by?
a steam engine
BONUS!
100 POINTS! GOOD JOB!
Who invented the reaper?
Cyrus McCormick
In the 1800s, most immigrants came from what 2 countries?
Germany and Ireland
What are the goods that a business produces called?
Supply
Which of these allowed quicker travel?
Trains
Which produced food to sell?
Farms
What did Samuel Morse invent?
The telegraph
What is an immigrant?
A person who comes to a country from somewhere else.
What need did the growth of the United States bring?
(The need to _______________.)
The need to connect.
What disadvantage did Steamboats have?
They needed a body of water.
Which offered new jobs?
Cities
What was the first telegraph message?
"What hath God wrought?"
What good things did immigrants bring to America?
cultures and traditions
What are man made waterways called?
Canals
What is a place where ships can dock to load and unload goods?
Port
Which had a greater threat of fires?
Cities
What does the first telegraph message mean?
Samuel Morse gave God the glory for helping him invent the telegraph.
Name 2 ways immigrants were changed by America?
began to speak English language
accepted American values
developed a love for freedom
became part of the American way of life
What were three areas that The United States grew in this chapter?
Land, people, and money
Name 2 benefits of railroads.
They were quick.
People looking for work could use the railroad.
People could travel for fun.
What are large farms in the South called?
Plantations
What is the right that says only the inventor may make or sell his invention?
A patent
What were 2 reasons why some Americans did not trust immigrants?
afraid immigrants would change American way of life
afraid they would not become Americans
worried about their beliefs in God