Across
- 2. Popularized the phrase "Industrial Revolution"
- 3. How many new forms of transportation were powered
- 6. President during the Mex./American War
- 8. did not want Texas admitted as a state to the US because it was a slave state.
- 10. Powerful forging device powered by steam
- 13. Treaty which ended the Mexican War; Mexico recognized Texas as part of the U. S. and the Rio Grande as the border between the nations
- 15. invented the power loom
- 18. Name of the first steamboat to travel the Mississippi River; from Pittsburgh to New Orleans
- 19. Built the cotton gin
- 20. Invented the steam engine
- 21. Officer in the Mexican-American war; Lead General of Union forces during Civil War; 18th president of the United States
- 22. War lasting from 1846-1848
Down
- 1. A device for rapid, long-distance transmission of information over an electric wire.
- 3. perfected sewing machine
- 4. Opened the first textile mill in Rhode Island
- 5. Where the Industrial Revolution (First Industrial Revolution) began
- 7. Digging of this led to the development of the Steam Engine that could pump water out of extremely deep holes; three times more energy than burning timber
- 9. The state where the first Textile Mill sprung up in the United States
- 11. Describes how goods were made during the Industrial Revolution
- 12. Women, children, and most male workers did not receive these
- 14. English railway pioneer who built the first passenger railway in 1825 (1781-1848)
- 16. This person's forces captured Mexico City in September of 1847
- 17. Was a captain in the Mexican-American war; later became a general of the Confederate side in the Civil War
