Across
- 3. cotton sold doubled a decade after
- 8. machines were often operated by
- 9. the first successful steam engine was used during the year
- 12. made first trip in a steam boat
- 13. factories contain
- 15. when something breaks you have to get a
- 18. steamboats were the most popular way to travel on rivers
- 19. Difficulty and high cost of moving goods caused
- 20. cotton became known as
Down
- 1. became an incredible important part of early american industrial development
- 2. contributed to the economy greatly
- 4. First decade of the nineteenth century
- 5. simple wooden contraption that would spin several threads at once
- 6. production from twentyone million
- 7. Allowed farmers to plant crops and prepare land faster
- 10. advances of trains and railroads had numeros postive effects on
- 11. did not work well on the rich soil
- 14. replacing a part costs a lot of
- 16. made guns using interchangable parts
- 17. gin device for removing seeds from cotton fiber