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Chpt. 12 Sec. 2 SS
Stack #195960
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the Transportation Revolution | a period of rapid improvement in the speed and convenience of transportation |
| What was the Clermont, and who created it | first comerial steamboat/ Robert Fulton |
| What did its voyage create | immediate demand for a steamboat ferry service |
| How did steamboats affect shipping rates | reduced travel time and travel rates [made it afordable] |
| What were clipper ships, and why were they necessary | sleek, tall sailing ships used many sails and narrow hulls to move through the water at great speeds [could travel futher] |
| What was Tom Thumb | one of the earliest locomotives |
| How many miles of railroad tracks were in the US by the 1860s | 30,000 |
| Compare train travel time with wagon travel time | train travel=20mph wagon travel=2mphtrain travel was 10 x faster |
| When was the telegraph invented and by whom | 1837 Samuel Morse |
| What is Morse Code | series of short and long pulses represented letters and numbers in a system |
| How did railroads and telegraphs work together | they used train stations as their telegraph offices and strung their wires along the train tracks |
| What did John Deere design to help farmers in the west | steel bladed plow |
| What was Cyrus McCormick's invention | mechanical reaper |
| How did these 2 inventions help Midwestern farmers | made it easier to plant and harvest large areas of wheat |
| Who patented the sewing machine | Elias Howe |
| Who improved the sewing machine with simple operating procedures | Isaac Singer |
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