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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Canal | a man made waterway that allowed passengers of boats or ships inland. It also helped connect Midwest farmers to the northeast and world |
| Cotton Gin | a farming tool that made it easier to remove seeds from cotton |
| Fifty four forty or fight | a phrase which referred to the latitude lines of the northern boundary of the Oregon territory over which England and America were arguing. |
| Hand Cart | a wagon that goods were placed in which is pushed by a person |
| Internal Improvements | roads, bridges, canals, and other similar projects that help make travel easier. |
| Mechanical Reaper | a farming tool that made it easier to harvest wheat |
| Railroads | allowed for travel year around and was comfortable for passengers |
| Steam Boats | could go upstream or downstream and cut traveling costs and made travel faster |
| Steel Plow | a farming tool that made tilling up the ground much easier |
| Trails | used in the 1800's that made traveling west much easier for settlers |