Westward Expansion: Inventions

6th Grade Industrial Revolution Inventions Worksheet: Matching, fill-ins, and explanations!

North (3) industrialized (Factories) Urban Cities Steel farming tools Goods South (3) Cotton Production Agriculture (Farming) Rural Areas Consider the statement: "The North was the industrialized region, but its equipment impacted the South." Which of the following is the best example of this? A. Southern farmers moving to the North to work in telegraph factories. B. The use of Northern-produced reapers to increase the productivity of Southern and Western farms. C. The South refusing to use steam locomotives because they were built in Northern factories. D. The North banning the use of the cotton gin to protect Northern textile workers. Based on the economic changes in the 1800s, how did new technologies contribute to the growing "gap" between the North and the South? A) Innovation helped the North become more factory-based (industrial) while making the South even more dependent on plantation farming. B) New inventions made the North and South exactly the same in terms of their economies. C) Technology caused the South to stop using enslaved labor and start building railroads instead. D) The North used the telegraph to communicate and the steam locomotive for transporting goods, but the South refused to use any new inventions. Cyrus McCormick was both an inventor and and entrepreneur. The difference between those terms is that an inventor is the first person to think of or create a product, whereas an entrepreneur is someone who has resources (like money) and can help bring an invention to market so that people will buy it. Industrial Revolution Matching Match the invention with the description and inventor. The Erie Canal was built to connect the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. It made moving goods to the midwest cheaper and faster. Robert Fulton innovated the Steamboat. It allowed people and goods to move upstream. Samuel Morse invented the telegraph to send messages quicker. Industrial Revolution Matching Match the invention with the description and inventor. The Steele Plow was invented by John Deere. Cyrus McCormick invented the mechanical reaper to make farmwork more efficient. The Cotton Gin was invented by Eli Whitney to separate seeds from cotton. Its invention led to an increase in slavery. Cause (Why was it created Invention Effect (What was the impact?) Transportation connecting the South and North was very slow. It was hard to travel upriver. Steamboat faster river transportation connecting Southern plantations and farms to Northern industries and Western territories. farmers had to cut their crops by hand Reaper This machine helped farmers grow more wheat with fewer workers. Land travel was very slow by walking or horse-drawn wagons Steam Locomotive provided faster land transportation. Traveled more quickly than canal boats and horse-drawn wagons Southern planters wanted to make cotton profitable crop. Cotton Gin increased the production of cotton but it also increased the need for slaves to grow and pick the cotton How did the telegraph help people communicate faster compared to before its invention? A) It sent messages instantly over long distances using electrical signals. B) It allowed people to send handwritten letters more quickly by mail. C) It improved face-to-face communication by creating better roads. D) It made printing newspapers faster and more efficient. Listen to the video above and complete the fill in the blank below In 1836, Samuel Morse, Joseph Henry, and Alfred Vail created the electrical telegraph system. It was the first system that allowed for communication overvast distance. This invention could only send (communicate) pulses of electricity to another machine. This meant you could not use voice or text to talk to someone like we can today. To solve this issue, a code was developed by Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail to translate electrical pulse back into the original message. Morse Code assigns a sequence of short and long pulse to letters. The pulses would later be referred to as dots and dashes. Briefly explain any of the three inventions during the time of industrial revolution in your own words. Answer in 3 to 4 complete sentences. When comparing the impact of the steam engine and the telegraph, which conclusion can you draw about how they changed the "speed" of American life? A) The steam engine changed how people talked, while the telegraph changed how goods moved. B) Both inventions were used primarily to help the South grow more cotton. C) Together, they shortened the physical and mental distance between distant regions of the country. D) They were only successful in the Northern states and had no impact on the West. How did the improved Steamboat and the Steam Locomotive work together to change the United States? A. They both made the country more isolated by making travel too expensive for most people. B. They both used steam power to create a faster, national network that linked different regions for trade. C. They forced the North and South to stop trading with each other to focus on the West. D. They made the telegraph unnecessary because people could now travel to deliver messages.