Videos: Important Inventions

The Erie Canal Answer the questions using the video. Erie Canal What geographical feature stood in the way of transporting goods West? Appalachian Mountains Rocky Mountains Mississippi River Lake Erie Where did goods have to be taken for trade BEFORE the Erie Canal was built? Lake Erie New Orleans St. Louis Fill in the Blank Since waterwas the cheapest way to transport goods like wheatand coal, they decided to make a man-maderiver. Canals are an artificial river, and the only place a canal was possible was through the AppalachianMountains. The only place where a canal could be build was in upstate New York between Albany and Buffalo where there's a gap in the mountains. What 2 bodies of water did the Erie Canal connect? Atlantic Ocean to Pacific Ocean Mississippi River to the Great Lakes Hudson River to the Great Lakes Why did the Erie Canal have such a big impact on trade? Check all that apply. Made transportation of goods faster Made transportation of goods cheaper Created a water way that gave manufacturers more access to natural resources like coal or iron. Made St Louis a major trade city What city do you think will become the nation's vital trade center thanks to the Erie Canal? Philadelphia New York City St. Louis New Orleans 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 Before the Steamboat, farmers used flatboats. When they reached New Orleans (or the end of the Mississippi River), the farmers would have to walk the 800 miles home. Steamboats changed this and could travel 50 miles per day. This invention made the Midwest an American economic powerhouse. Within 20 years, St.Louis swells from a few hundred to a population of 16,000.