Day 4 Industrial Revolution NOTES

Day 4

Open Ended

What is the name of the man-made river that connects New York City to Lake Erie?

Open Ended

Why was this river necessary?

Open Ended

Who invented a more powerful steam engine?

Open Ended

Why did the steamboat allow people to ship goods cheaper?

Exit Pass

Explain how America changed because of the
telegraph. . .

2/3

The telegraph changed
America because. . .

steamboat

Quicker, could travel
upstream against the current

Due to increased speed of
steamboats, farmers could grow and
then sell more goods to further
markets without them spoiling

A telegraph is a communication system that
sends information by coded signal. Rather than
taking weeks to be delivered by
horse-and-carriage mail carts, pieces of news
could be exchanged between telegraph stations almost instantly.