Industrial Revolution

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Across
  1. 2. John Deere & the steel ____
  2. 4. Samuel Slater was the Father of the American ______ system
  3. 5. Cyrus McCormick & the mechanical _____
  4. 6. Canals & ______ helped connect the West & East
  5. 7. _____ cut shipping costs by 90% for farmers
  6. 8. __________ reduced travel time
  7. 10. Cotton ___ made cotton easy to refine & very profitable
  8. 11. Growth in factories in the North led to an increase in _____
  9. 12. _____ canal provided the first major link between the East & West
  10. 13. South provided 75% of the worlds _____
  11. 15. Lowell managers hired young, single ____ to work & live at the factory
  12. 16. 1840, millions of Irish & Germans immigrated to the U.S.
  13. 17. The Lowell Mill in Massachusetts was the most famous ______ mill
Down
  1. 1. ______ became the greatest transportation network in America
  2. 2. Slaves worked on _______
  3. 3. Cotton increased plantation _________ in the South
  4. 8. New ______ allowed the North,South,and West develop specialized economies
  5. 9. Eli Whitney had many major ________
  6. 10. Transportation lowered cost to ship _____
  7. 14. Spread of cotton increased _____