Chapter 14 Lesson 1

By 1860 where were most of the country’s goods manufactured?

• Northeast

• Northwest

• Southeast

• Southwest

By 1860 the United States had almost 31,000

• canals.

• clipper ships.

• miles of railroad tracks.

• miles of telegraph lines.

Which invention filled the need for a method of communication that kept up with industrial growth and fast-paced travel?

• mechanical reaper 

• 
  railroads

• steam engine

• telegraph

What did John Deere invent in 1837?

• Morse code

• clipper ship

• steel-tipped plow

• telegraph

Which invention ensured that raising wheat would remain the main economic activity in the Midwestern prairies?

• mechanical horse

• mechanical reaper

• steel thresher

• steel-tipped plow

What pulled the first carriages on railroads?

• Cows

• Steam engines

• Horses

• people

What did Peter Cooper want carriage cars to be pulled by?

• Horses

• Cows

• Steam engines

• mules

What did Peter Cooper build to convince executives at the B&O railroad to use steam engines?

• An engine named the Tom Thumb

• An engine named Peter Cooper

• An engine named the Baltimore and Ohio

• The Mini Cooper

What did Peter Cooper challenge with his steam engine the Tom Thumb?

• A steamship

• Horses

• Cows

• An automobile

What happened when a belt on the engine broke?

• The horse stopped running

• Tom Thumb stopped working

• The carriage car broke free

• Tom Thumb fell off the track