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100

This is the job most Americans and Europeans had before the Industrial Revolution

What is farmer?

100

This is the effect that the railroad had on east-west travel.

What is speed it up?

100

This code uses a combination of dots and dashes to represent the letters of the alphabet

What is Morse code?

100

In "A Christmas Story", this is the adult response when Ralphie says he wants a BB gun for Christmas.

What is "you'll shoot your eye out"?

100

As the Industrial Revolution progressed, factory owners switched from water power to this

What is steam power?

200
This refusal to work can convince an employer to give in to workers' demands
What is a strike?
200
These two forms of transportation revolutionized travel and trade
What are the railroad and steamboat?
200

**These two inventions made farming more efficient.**

What are the mechanical reaper and steel plow?

200

This item causes Frosty the Snowman to come to life.

What is a magic hat?

200

Most textile mills were built here because those states have many fast-moving rivers

What is New England?

300
These organizations fight for better working conditions
What are trade unions?
300
Thanks to the Transportation Revolution, these things increased and became more efficient
What are communication, trade, and travel?
300

These made mass production possible by allowing unskilled workers to perform the same job, repeatedly, all day long

What are interchangeable parts?

300

In "Christmas Vacation", this animal is electrocuted by a Christmas tree.

What is a cat?

300

During the Industrial Revolution, workers used these to make production go faster.

What are machines?

400

The hiring of these people was encouraged during the Industrial Revolution, but is illegal today.

Who are children?

400
The Transportation Revolution had this effect on commerce
What is a business boom?
400
These inventions made life at home much easier and more convenient (name at least 3 items)
What are matches, safety pins, sewing machines, cookstoves, iceboxes?
400

In "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", this is what Hermie wants to be when he grows up.

What is a dentist?

400

This situation forced the United States to industrialize

What is the blockade/embargo during the War of 1812?

500

Girls in the Lowell System worked this many hours for this many days for this much money.

What is 12 hours, 6 days, for $2.00?

500
The Transportation Revolution had this effect on the American landscape
What is the development of new towns?
500

He started the use of interchangeable parts

Who is Eli Whitney?

500

In "The Polar Express", Santa gives the main character this item as a gift.

What is a jingle bell?

500

**The United States "borrowed" ideas from this nation in order to industrialize successfully.**

What is Great Britain (England)?