Across
- 5. the invention created by Samuel Morse that allowed easier communication over long distances
- 6. grew grain and livestock to feed factory workers in the East and Europe
- 9. the reason many Irish immigrants came to the United States
- 10. who invented the sewing machine that boosted northern industrialization
- 12. who feared the rise of immigration into the United States
- 13. the cotton gin was __________ more effective than manual cotton picking
- 15. smaller families during the Industrial Revolution led to more ______ _______ dynamics
- 17. toiled six days a week for 12-13 hours for low pay at factories that replaced their jobs
- 19. allowed travel upstream of rivers
- 20. who were most vulnerable to being exploited by the early factory systems
Down
- 1. laborers learned that their most powerful tool was going on ______
- 2. farming in the West flourished due to the..
- 3. permitted investors to risk no more than their own stock
- 4. the most significant and impactful form of transportation for goods
- 7. raised cotton to export to New England and Britain
- 8. in what region of the U.S. did factories flourish
- 11. made machines and textiles for the South and West
- 14. connected the Hudson River and the Great Lakes
- 16. the ethnic group that came to the U.S. for agricultural and political reasons
- 18. most Americans in the 1850s were under the age of
- 21. the shift from manual labor to labor by machine