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history test 13&14 L
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what did steamboats help to overcome? | travelling upstream |
| this trade that led to the popularity of coffee drinking in America? | sea trade |
| who invented the telegraph? | Samuel F.B Morse |
| what was referred to as the Great Warriors Path? | The Great Wagon Road |
| Who helped to establish a working postal system for the U.S | Benjamin Franklin |
| this was a short lived mail delivery service that was the fastest service while in operation? | PONY EXPRESS |
| What was the first message sent on the telegraph? | "what haft God wrought" |
| Cyrus McCormick's invention was? | the mechanical reaper |
| water compartment that open and shut to lift and lower vessels on canals? | locks |
| what are the toll roads owned by private companies? | turnpikes |
| what was the system that led to growth of labor unions? | factory system |
| what was the first federally funded highway? | the national road |
| the Wilderness Road was used by this man to lead people to Kentucky? | Daniel Boone |
| who was the first to experiment with the steamboat? | John Fitch |
| what was the waterway that connected NYC to Lake Erie? | Erie Canal |
| The cotton gin was responsable for the continuation of this in the south? | Slavery |
| the first economically successful steamboat was? | the clermont |
| who was the first AMERICAN to circumnavigate the globe? | Robert Gray |
| who opened a mill towns for girls and provided roam and board for workers? | Francis Cabot Lowell |
| what invention was made to help keep railroad traffic coordinated? | telegraph |
| the pony express was the ____________ mail service? | fastest |
| what was date of the pony express from beginning to end? | 1860-1861 |
| what caused the pony express to go out of business? | the invention of the telegraph |
| the building of the Erie canal brought a " " to America? | Canal Craze |
| what legislative body did not support his efforts of John Fitch? | Philadelphia Convention |
| who built the 1st commercially successful steamboat? | Robert Fulton |
| List several major cities that grew because to the trade of the steamboat brought to their region? | New Orleans, Saint Lewis, Pittsburg, Cincinnati |
| who made the first major trial or testrun of a railroad in 1830? | Peter Cooper |
| which state had the first regularly scheduled railroad service in America? | South Carolina |
| How were the railroads a more efficient means of travel compared to water travel? | they were not affected by the weather; cheaper to use than canals; can also go more places |
| which regions benefited the most from the railroads? | North & West |
| what was referred to as the "Flying Machines"? | Stagecoaches |
| how did the Industrial Revolution help the farmers in America? | it let better tools become available & helped to increase their profit |
| why was child labor allowed in the factories? | they had child labor din England & America they gave children meal. Because very young children were already on work @ farms & it wasn't considered to be improper |
| what was the false religion that swept many churches and colleges in the early 1800's? | UNITARIANISM |
| what do Unitarianism's believe? | they are a religious movement asserting the "Unity" of God by denying the doctrine of the Trinity |
| who was a famous leader/minister of this religion? | timothy Dwight |
| what was the name for the large, outdoor, revival meetings that were used during the 2nd great awakening? | camp meetings |
| In which part of the country were these meetings usually held? | Kentucky and Tennessee |
| where most famous of these meetings? | Cambridge, Kentucky |
| what were the fastest kind of ships in this time period? | Clippers |
| who built the clippers? | Donald McKay |
| what were these ships known for? | because they bow of the ship would clip through the waves |
| In which part of the country did the factory system become popular? | England |
| why did that region make a good place for factories to be built? | because they would import things & could make stuff faster |
| in the __________'s most Americans were still farmers who owned and worked their own lands. | 1800 |
| when did the Industrial Revolution begin and end | 1815-1860 |
| who invented the steel plow? | John Deere |
| his first plow sold for ______ dollars | 10 |
| Deere's plow became important because _________________? | important in cultivating the prairies of the West |
| how did Cyrus McCormick's invention help the farmers? | it cut wheat & grain & cut tons of acres of land |
| who invented the cotton gin? | Eli Whitney |
| what could the cotton gin do? | remove seeds from the cotton and it replace the work of 50 men |
| what other method did Eli Whitney invent and on what product did he use that method? | he came up with the method of using interchangeable parts |
| Who brought the knowledge of English textile mills to America? | Samuel Slater |
| what did the labor unions work to reform | they wanted free public education; they wanted imprisonment for debts to end; 10 hour workday; end of child labor |
| who led the revival at Yale University? | Timothy Dwight |
| list the achievements of captain robert gray? | 1. Coffee 2. 1st American to circumnavigate the globe 3. three cornered trade |
| which 2 Asian countries opened themselves up to trade with America during the 1800's? | China and Japan |
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