8.39-8.40

Vocabulary:

the change from manual production to machine-powered factory production that started in England in the late 18th century and spread to other places and brought transformation in economy, society, and technology.

• Industrial Revolution

• American Revolution

• Agricultural Revolution

• French Revolution

Vocabulary:

a person who enters another country in order to settle there

• immigrant

• abolitionist

• loyalist

• patriot

8.39

What were the 2 major "push factors" why people left Ireland for America? (choose 2)

• potato famine

• escape British rule

• urbanization

• Industrial Revolution

• Temperance Movement

8.39

Push factors why Germans left Germany were, harsh weather conditions which resulted in severe __________.

• food shortages

• housing shortage

• unemployment

• urbanization

8.39

Attracted by its ______________, many Germans came to the United States in search of a better life.

• democratic political system

• communist political system

• monarchy

• industrial revolution

8.40

The _________ was significant because it connected Lake Erie and the Great Lakes system to the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean.

• Erie Canal

• Panama Canal

• Mississippi River

• Golden Gate Bridge

8.40

By 1818, the __________ ran from Cumberland Maryland to the Ohio River at Wheeling Virginia.

• National Road

• Erie Canal

• Panama Canal

• Wilderness Road

What is the name of the
man-made waterway that connects Lake Erie to the Hudson River
and then to the Atlantic Ocean

• Panama Canal
• Buffalo River
• Niagara Falls
• Erie Canal

What was the Erie Canal used for?

• Immigrant cruises

• Test battle ships

• Drinking water for the city of Boston

• Ship goods faster and cheaper to the Atlantic Ocean

Why was the National Road authorized?

• For better horse travel

• To promote westward expansion

• To allow Congress to trade

• To increase taxes and travel time