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Am History I
Unit 5 Lesson 1: Things
Term | Definition |
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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 |
steamboats | 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 |