old northwest – correct answer Region north and west of the Ohio River, included Ohio,
Illinois, Indiana, MIchigan, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota.
Mississippi River - correct answer only way to transport grain south/ to port of New
Orleans
northwest more connected - correct answer kicked out natives, built canals and
railroads
agriculture in the northwest - correct answer corn and wheat profitable, feed lots of
people
more efficient with steel plow (J. Deere) and mechanical reaper (Cyrus McCormick)
roads in the northwest - correct answer state's rights activists prohibit federal funding on
internal improvements = roads rarely cross state lines
, canals in the northwest - correct answer Erie canal connect the western farms and
eastern cities in NY. eventually join lakes and rivers east of the Mississippi (lower food
prices, more western settlement)
Steam engines and boats - correct answer factories could be built anywhere, steam
powered travel begins with Robert Fulton's "Clermont"
railroads - correct answer Were essential to westward expansion because they made it
easier to travel to and live in the west, led to cities like Detroit, Cleveland etc.
telegraph - correct answer Samuel F.B. Morse, wires all over country, first
instantaneous communication
more - correct answer By the mid 19th century, manufacturing became _________
valuable than agriculture
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