Industrial Rev./Westward Exp. Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. Texan victory over Mexico that secured their independence
  2. 4. Ran a factory system that employed young, unmarried girls
  3. 7. Artificial waterway that connects two bodies of water
  4. 8. Invention that allowed for faster, long-distance communication
  5. 10. Invention that enabled mass production of identical components
  6. 13. Northwestern destination for many westward pioneers
  7. 14. Invention that greatly strengthened the threads and fabrics produced by a spinning jenny
  8. 15. Man who brought the Industrial Revolution to America
  9. 17. Assuming ownership of a territory
  10. 18. Westward route by which pioneers traveled to the Pacific Northwest
  11. 20. The basis for nearly all mechanized labor during the Industrial Revolution
  12. 21. A new product that enhances the ability to complete a task
  13. 23. Invention that enabled faster land transportation
  14. 24. Inventor of the steam engine
  15. 25. Waterway that connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean
  16. 26. Inventor of the spinning jenny
  17. 27. 1853 land acquisition in southern AZ that completed the lower 48 states
  18. 29. Christian sect that helped settle the west, primarily modern Utah
  19. 33. Inventor of the sewing machine
  20. 34. Invention that maximized efficiency of cotton processing
  21. 36. The rights to an invention and its profits
  22. 37. Inventor of the cotton gin and interchangeable parts
  23. 38. River that serves as the boundary between the U.S. and Mexico
  24. 39. Invention that enabled faster water transportation
  25. 40. Belief that the U.S. had a right to expand from coast to coast
  26. 42. Language of dots and dashes used by the telegraph for communication
  27. 44. Inventor of the steamboat
  28. 45. POTUS who acquired most of the West in the name of Manifest Destiny
Down
  1. 2. Invention that greatly increased free time for women
  2. 3. Production method where all steps occur in the same location
  3. 5. Early transportation route that connected Maryland to Illinois
  4. 6. Peace agreement that ended the Mexican-American War
  5. 8. 1869 transportation route that connected East and West
  6. 9. Inventor of the telegraph and the code by which it communicates
  7. 11. Texan defeat during their war for independence that served as inspiration
  8. 12. Major agreement that postponed the Civil War for 10 years
  9. 16. Invention that greatly sped up the production of cloth
  10. 19. Massive $15M land acquisition for the U.S. resulting from the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
  11. 22. Improvement upon an existing product, idea, or method
  12. 26. Inventor of the steel plow
  13. 28. Agreement between U.S. and Britain whereby they split ownership of the Pacific Northwest
  14. 30. Inventor of the water frame power loom
  15. 31. 1849 event that quickly populated California
  16. 32. Major economic shift away from agrarianism towards manufacturing
  17. 35. Conflict that gave U.S. ownership of the West
  18. 41. 1862 law that gave free land to westward settlers
  19. 43. Invention that enabled the settlement of the Great Plains