The Industrial North

True or False: The steamboat, steam-powered locomotive, sewing machine, and steel-tipped plow were major innovations of the 1800s/

• True

• False

True or False: Use of the sewing machine led to the mass production of clothing.

• True

• False

True or False: Wider and deeper canals allowed steamboats to travel on major rivers.

• True

• False

True or False: Clipper ships could sail at speeds of up to 300 miles per hour.

• True

• False

True or False: After the invention of revolutionary farming methods, settlers left the Great Plains area.

• True

• False

By 1860 where were most of the country's good manufactured?

• Northeast

• Northwest

• Southeast

• Southwest

By 1860 the United States had almost 31,000

• canals.

• clipper ships.

• miles of railroad tracks.

• miles of telegraph lines.

Which invention filled the need for a method of communication that kept up with industrial growth and fast-paced travel?

• mechanical reaper

• railroads

• steam engine

• telegraph

What did John Deere invent in 1837?

• Morse code

• clipper ship

• steel-tipped plow

• telegraph

Which invention ensured that raising wheat would remain the economic activity in the Midwestern prairies?

• mechanical horse

• mechanical reaper

• steel thresher

• steel-tipped plow