Terms
A place where ships dock to load and unload goods.
Port
In the 1800's, most immigrants came to America from Ireland and Germany.
True
What is the term for the amount of goods and services that people want to buy?
Demand
Who invented the reaper in the early 1803s?
Cyrus McCormick
What was a new way to spread news about men running for president?
The newspaper
To share information
Communicate
Large amounts of land that planters owned were called plantations.
True
Name the areas in which the United States grew.
People, land, and money
What is the right that says only the inventor may make or sell an invention?
A patent
What is a change to the Constitution?
An amendment
A tool farmers used to cut and gather grain
Reaper
The goods produced by companies or businesses are called the demand.
False: Supply
What benefits did the railroad bring to the growing nation? Name at least two.
News traveled more quickly, goods manufactured in the East could be sold in the West, people could travel to see other parts of the country
What is a change to make something better or more just?
Reform
The equator divides the Earth into which two hemispheres?
Northern and Southern
A person who comes to live in a country from somewhere else.
Immigrant
"What hath man wrought" was the first telegraph message.
False: God
What problems (2) did cities experience with their growth?
Crime and fires
Who invented the telegraph, which sent pulses of electricity over wires?
Samuel Morse
Who was the first missionary from the United States to serve in a foreign country?
Adoniram Judson
Gave people a new way to send messages.
Telegraph
The main ways of transportation that connected cities were wagon trains and steamboats.
False: Trains and Steamboats
What movement was one attempt at reform?
The Temperance Movement
What changes did farms experience during the growth of cities? (2)
They produced extra food to sell in the cities, they became more important and had more success.
What country sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States?
France