Inventions
This invetion reduced time it took to make clothes, previously made by hand
Sewing machine
This fast water vehicle replaced the flatboat. The first one, "The Clermont" was designed by Robert Fulton
Steamboat
True or False: Annexing Texas (adding it to the US) would bring the US closer to Manifest Destiny
True
The people who came to California during the gold rush of 1849 were known as the
Forty Niners
A human made waterway
A canal
This code was a system of dots and dashes that send a message across wires
Morse Code
This human made waterway cut travel time in half between Albany and Buffalo, NY
The Erie Canal
After the revolution, this man became the president of the Republic of Texas
Sam Houston
This man was the first to discover gold in California in 1848
John Marshall
method used to mine gold, where miners put gravel into pans and sifted through the dirt
Panning
This invention was used to cut grain
Mechanical reaper
This form of transportation had the advantage of being able to lay tracks anywhere
Railroads
The Alamo
This was a mail delivery service on horse, delivering mail from California back to the eastern US
The Pony Express
The Mexican cowboys taught Texans how to ranch
Vaqueros
Eli Whitney found an easier way to make guns for the US government by using this process,
Mass production using interchangeable parts
The first railroads were pulled by this animal
Horses
Mexico protesting Texas becoming a state(issue over borders) led to the ______-American Revolution
Mexican-American Revolution
This boomtown appeared in California because of the gold rush, and is still a popular city today
San Francisco
Unfair treatment because of religious beliefs is called "religious ________". (The Mormons faced this)
Religious persecution
This invention allows patient to not feel pain during medical surgery
Anesthetic
The Erie Canal made it possible to move large products known as ________
Freight
The Treaty ended the Mexican American War
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Use your knowledge of supply and demand to answer the following question:
In the mining country, there were not many merchants and stores. Therefore the supply of shovels, pans, and other resources was low.
What was the demand like for these items?
High or Low?
High demand
These wagons were pulled by oxen during the Oregon Trail
Prairie schooners