Westward Expansion and Industrialization

These environmental modifications were made in order to construct ________________

• houses for urban areas
• canals linking the Northeast to Midwest
• transcontinental railroad
• a wall in Texas

Which group is being discussed?

• Canadians
• Irish immigrants
• Chinese immigrants
• teachers

Which group is being discussed?

• Chinese immigrants
• Irish immigrants
• Canadians
• German immigrants

During the early 1800s, many young women in New England went to work in ______________.

• law firms
• factories as textile weavers
• newspapers as reporters
• cargo ships

Enables instantaneous long-distance tramissmission of information.

• Samuel Morses' telegraph
• Eli Whitney's cotton gin
• Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Erie Canal

Lead to rapid growth of cities in the Northest.

• Samuel Morses' telegraph
• Eli Whitney's cotton gin
• Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Erie Canal

Effect of the Erie Canal and Transcontinental Railroad.

• shipping costs and time decreased
• shipping costs and time increased
• potato famine
• Snapchat

Opened new markets for goods

• wi-fi
• novels
• telegraphs
• railroads

The innovations listed here ___________.

• eliminated jobs
• lead to the Irish potato famine
• increase illness
• made the production of goods and food more efficient

The growth of railroads __________________,

• discouraged Wesward Expansion
• decreased wages 
• made prices increased
• opened new markets