USI Innovation and Irony Review

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roads with tolls that would help pay to maintain the road and make traveling easier, faster and less expensive

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Turnpike

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Who created the 1st successful Commercial Steamboat, which used wood or coal burned to create steam that pushed a big paddle to move the boat down the river?

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Robert Fulton

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Made travel possible on rivers that were too shallow for ships, or connected 2 water sources together with a series of locks. (kind of like stairs with mini water elevators)

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Canal

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What technology from England replaced canals and encouraged westward movement by significantly reducing travel time? Options: Canal, Turnpike, Railroad, Cotton Gin

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Railroad

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Who built the 1st steam powered thread factory in the U.S.?

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Samuel Slater

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Cloth Factories- researched English Textile factories and came back and set up his own. Options: Lowell Factories, Thread Factories, Railroad, Canals

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Lowell Factories

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Worked in Lowell mills - Young unmarried girls from area Farms

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Lowell Girls

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Who invented the Electric Telegraph?

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Samuel B. Morse

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Code sent through telegraph- dashes and dots

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Morse Code

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Made processing cotton easier - made cotton the leading crop and lead to more planting and more need for labor.

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Cotton Gin