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I.R. Review
Ch 12, Lesson 2 Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What did invent Eli Whitney? | Cotton Gin |
| What did inventCyrus McCormick? | Mechanical Reaper |
| What did inventFrancis Cabot Lowell? | Assembly Line & Cloth Making Factory |
| What did invent Samuel Slater? | Cotton Spinning Mill powered by flowing river water |
| What did invent John Deere? | steel plow |
| What is manufacture? | to make goods from raw materials |
| What did invent Robert Fulton? | the steam engine - used to power river boats and trains |
| What did invent Peter Cooper? | steam powered locomotive "train" |
| Describe the race between Tom Thumb and the gray horse. | The horse started out ahead but then Tom Thumb caught up. As the train pulled a head a valve brock in the engine causing the train, Tom Thumb, to lose the race. |
| What and Where is the Erie Canal? | Man made canal built through New York state extending the Hudson River and connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. |
| What is the National Road? | Road from Maryland to Illinois traveled by settlers heading west. But travel was difficult because of mud and it was expensive to travel. |
| What were early railroads made of? | Wood topped with iron. |
| How were trains first powered? | Horses pulled the carts along the rails. |