Who made an improved version of the cotton gin and was hired by the U.S. government to produce muskets for the army through a system of interchangeable parts and mass production?

Who developed the Morse code which helped improve communication between people?

Who invented the mechanical reaper which made it easier to cut grain?

Influential in the development of the spinning and weaving machines which produced cloth.

Granted permission by the Mexican government to bring American families into Texas.

How did Davy Crocket and James Bowie act similarly to contribute to the independence of Texas?

This walled old mission was used as a fort and was the sight of one of the most important battles of the war.

The battle cry at San Jacinto was

Spanish-speaking people living in Texas were called _____.

In the fall of 1835, clashes between Mexican government troops and armed Texans marked the start of the _______.

This document gave the US much of Mexico's northern territory, including California, Nevada, and Utah.

The general and president of Mexico. He led an army of several thousand men toward San Antonio.

Which advancement was both an improvement in transportation and also helped improve the railroad?   

Why did productivity increase in the early nineteenth century?

Which statement makes the most convincing argument about the impact of transportation on the U.S. economy in the first half of the nineteenth century?

A small steam engine that made its first run in the summer of 1830.

A human-made waterway that cut down the travel time and cost of importing and exporting goods.

The first true railroad in the U.S. Its first track was 13 miles long over a steep and twisting route.

The federal government decided to build this as the main route for settlers moving west from the Appalachians into the Ohio Valley.

Were used to ship tools and other manufactured goods to the West. They were successfully able to go downstream, but it was hard for them to travel upstream.

The idea of mass production helped bring about this.

This was used as an anesthetic to help patients not feel pain during surgery.

The money a business earns after its debts have been paid.

A series of dots and dashes used to send messages over wire.

The U.S. paid Mexico_______ for more than 525,000 square miles.

The U.S. paid Mexico________ for the Gladsden purchase, which included New Mexico and Arizona.

Mexico and Texas had problems agreeing on the specific location of the _______between them.

This reduced the time it took to separate seeds from the cotton plant.