Videos: Important Inventions

Erie Canal Watch video and answer questions below. You may have to pause, rewind or fast forward. How long is the Erie Canal? 363 miles 700 miles 1050 miles Fill in the Blank The goal of the Erie Canal will change everything by linking the AtlanticOcean to the Great lakes of America. The Erie Canal will turn the Northinto a global economicpowerhouse. Approximately 50,000 men worked on the Erie Canal many of who were Irish immigrants. Workers were only paid 80 cents a day and worked 14 hour days. It took 8years of digging at nearly 1000 lives lost and cost about 7million dollars. When did the Erie Canal open? 1821 1825 1829 What city now becomes a "boom town"? (explodes with growth) Boston New York City Philadelphia The Cotton Gin Watch the video and answer following questions. You may need to pause, rewind, or fast forward. How long did it take to separate seeds by hand for 1 pound of cotton? 4 hours 6 hours an entire day How more cotton can be processed by 1 man per day by using the cotton gin? 20 times more 50 times more 70 times more Fill in the blank according to the video In 1830, America is producing 1 of the world's cotton. By 1850, it is producing nearly 3 of the world's cotton. The industrial North is profiting from Southern cotton, but turns a blind eye to the slavery that produces it. The demand for slaves to plant and grow cotton increases because the need for more cotton increases. A slave who sold for 300 dollars before the cotton gin goes for nearly 2000 dollars by 1860. Cotton heads West in search of fertile soil and brings slavery along with it. The Lowell Mills Watch the video and answer following questions. You may need to pause, rewind, and fast forward. The Lowell Mills create a textiles "boomtown". Population explodes from only 200 in 1820 to nearly _ in just 15 years. 2,000 20,000 200,000 What percentage of workers are single women? 75% 85% 95% What were women able to do for the first time outside of the home? earn money have a job both A and B How much money were women paid a week? $2.00 $20.00 $200.00 Fill in the blank By 1850 the largest manufacturing industry in New York City was men's clothing. But the cotton mills and looms used a technology of punch cards for weaving. This idea will (a hundred years later) lead to the birth of the computer and internet. The Steamboat Watch the video and answer following questions. You may need to pause, rewind, or fast forward. Before the invention of the steamboat, what was too difficult to do because "the current was too strong"? pile cotton bales 10 feet high return upstream navigate the rapids Fill in the blank Steamboats moved crops, supplies and people along the riverfront. Many new communities and cities were established along the Mississippi River. Steamboats made it easier to carry heavier things. They were less expensive to travel than by train and were used by the US Navy as battleships. The powerful pressure built up steam turned the water will on the back that had paddles. It would turned and pushed the boat through the water.