Inventions, Roads, and Railroads
Making many of the same item in order to make a large profit
Mass Production
Who was Texas seeking Independence from?
Mexico
The name of a line of wagons
Wagon Train
A rapid flood of people in an area where gold has been discovered
Gold rush
This compromise allowed slavery in some states but not others
The Missouri Compromise
The time period of new inventions is called the _____________ Revolution
Industrial Revolution
After Texas won its independence, who annexed Texas?
The United States
The name of the most common type of wagon
wagon schooner
True or False: Miners used water to help find gold
True!
What two states did the US annex in this time?
California and Texas
Pros of the Industrial Revolution
New Inventions, More profit, new jobs, etc
Who was president at the time of Texas and California being added to the US
President Polk
Pioneers most often began their journey in which season?
The Spring
In 1850, what happened to California's population?
It increased
What was an advantage of the prairie schooner
Safety, transportation, more room for goods/people, etc.
Cons of the Industrial Revolution
Unfair Labor
How much money did the US spend to purchase Texas?
$15 million
Moving west to Oregon was helping to fulfil which American belief that we would settle over the land from "Sea to Shining Sea"
Manifest Destiny
How did the gold rush effect the economy in California
It gave jobs, brought more people, and more income/money
Name an invention during this time
Cotton gin, Prarie schooner, mechanical reaper, telegraph, etc.
Canal
The name of cowboys from Mexico
Vaqueros
True or False: Most settlers went to California for the Gold rush
False
The name of the Gold rush miners who moved in 1849
49ers
Daily Double: How does the industrial revolution and its inventions affect us today?
Inventions evolve and help create new inventions today!