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man-made waterway |
canal |
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connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean from Lake Eerie to Hudson River |
Eerie Canal |
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How long did the construction of the Eerie Canal take? |
eight years |
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walking |
3 mph |
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animal |
8 mph |
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raft |
6-8 mph |
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row |
10 mph |
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sail |
15 mph |
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steamboat |
20 mph |
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steam locamotive |
35 mph |
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one of the first major improved highways in the us built by the federal government |
Cumberland Road, National Road |
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Where did the Cumberland Road begin and end? |
Maryland, Illinios |
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___ offered a faster and cheaper way to move goods than roads did |
rivers |
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A ___ barge could hold many wagon loads of products and move faster than over land |
barge |
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Who gets credit for inventing the steam engine? |
James Watts |
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Who invents the steamboat, what did he name it, and what was the date? |
Robert Fulton, Clermont, 1807 |
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Who built the American steam locomotive, when did he build it, and what did he call it? |
Peter Cooper, 1830, Tom Thumb |
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The American poet ___ called the locomotive ___ |
Henry David Throeau, "Iron Horse" |
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Opened a series of mills in Massachusetts |
Francis C. Lowell |
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What did Francis C. Lowell introduce? |
mass production of cotton cloth |
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began the concept of interchangeable parts |
Eli Whitney |
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Who began work on the telegraph? |
Samuel Morse |
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What words did Morse use to demonstrate the morse code? |
"What hath God Wrought?"
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invented the cotton gin |
Eli Whitney |
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How did slavery increase due to the cotton gin |
The cotton gin made southern cotton growers rich and also strengthened the institution of slavery The spread of cotton plantations all over the deep south the demand for slavery skyrocket |
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Began in Kentucky and the western frontiers as a reaction against the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment; Religious leaders wanted to "revive" America's commitment to religion |
The Second Great Awakening |
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began the modern revivalism movement of the Second Great Awakening |
Charles Grandison Finney |
