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Grade 3 SS Ch 7
Pages 160-185-Chapter Review
Question | Answer |
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A person who comes to live in a country from somewhere else is an ________________. | Immigrant |
________________ gave people a new way to send messages | Telegraph |
_______________ means to share information. | Communicate |
Name a tool farmers used to cut and gather grain. | Reaper |
In the 1800s most immigrants came to American from which two countries? | Ireland and Germany |
"What hath ________ wrought" was the first telegraph message. | What had GOD wrought |
Large amounts of land that planters owned were called ______________. | Plantations |
Place where ships dock to load and unload goods is called a ______________. | Port |
A right that says only the inventor may make or sell his invention is a ____________-. | Patent |
Who invented the reaper in the early 1830s? | Cyrus McCormick |
What is a change to make something better or more just? | Reform |
Who invented the telegraph, which sent pulses of electricity over wires? | Samuel Morse |
What were the main ways of transportation that connected cities? | Canals, steamboats and railroads |
What is the amount of goods that a business produces called? | Supply |
What is the amount of goods and services that people want to buy called? | Demand |
Most businesses in the Northeast were _____________. | Manufacturers |
One benefit of the railroads was that news traveled more _______________________. | Quickly |
What were three areas in which the United States grew during the 1800s? | People, land and money |
As the cities grew, they also had more problems such as ___________ and ____________. | Crime and fires |
Cities had many benefits.Name some of theses benefits. | New kinds of jobs; people made more money; people enjoyed parades, plays and other activities |
Congress created the United States Post Office and they used ______________________ and ______________ to take mail across country. | steamboats and trains |
The _____________ movement was one attempt for keep people from drinking. | Temperance |
What changes did farms experience during the growth of cities? | Farmers produced extra food to sell to the growing cities; farms became more important and had more success. They could work faster and better because of machines. |
What benefits did railroads bring to the growing nation? | News traveled more quickly; good manufactured in the East could be sold in the West; People could travel to see other parts of the country. |