This invention, created by Samuel Morse, greatly improved communication by sending electronic messages through a wire.

• cotton gin

• telegraph

• telegram

• telephone

The Erie Canal links the __________________ to the Atlantic Ocean.

• St. Lawrence River

• New York River

• Great Lakes

• Ohio River

A man-made waterway that connect bodies of water is called a

• lock

• canal

• river

• stream

What is used to raise and lower a boat to the water level in the next part of the canal?

• a crane

• a boat lift

• a lock

• Erie Canal

What is the name of the canal that links the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean?

• Panama Canal

• Suez Canal

• Hudson Canal

• Erie Canal

This invention, created by Eli Whitney, could quickly remove seeds from cotton.

• steamboat

• locomotive

• cotton gin

• telegraph

The discovery of ____________ in 1848 caused many people to rush to California with hopes of striking it rich.

• cotton

• gold

• silver

• nickel

Name TWO forms of transportation that used steam power to make travel and shipping goods easier.

• cars

• locomotives

• buses

• steamboats

The Mexican government tried to stop further American settlement in Texas leading to the battle at the _____________.

• Bunker Hill

• Dallas

• Alamo

• Austin

Beginning in Independence, Missouri, Americans followed the _____________________ in covered wagons with hopes to find a better life out west.

• Oregon Trail

• Mormon Trail

• Santa Fe

• Washington