The Industrial North (Pages 426 - 431)

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Across
  1. 5. to change significantly
  2. 8. a system of dots and dashes that represent the alphabet
  3. 9. designed by Cyrus McCormick, this invention greatly increased the amount of a crop that could be harvested.
  4. 11. a device that used electric signals to send messages
  5. 13. the first steamboat launched by Robert Fulton on the Hudson River
  6. 14. in 1863 construction began on a ___ to link the eastern and western United States
  7. 15. a new development or invention
Down
  1. 1. invented the sewing machine in 1846
  2. 2. this invention by John Deere allowed farmers to cut through the hard-packed prairie sod
  3. 3. this American inventor developed a system using dots and dashes to send messages of electrical wires
  4. 4. the first American steam-powered locomotive
  5. 6. the first message sent over the telegraph system
  6. 7. the new industrialization of America was mainly located in this geographical region
  7. 10. between 1800 and 1850 crews built these to connect rivers and lakes together
  8. 12. a ship with sleek hulls and tall sails that "clipped" time from long journeys