Be Prepared!!!Grab the notes on the side table

Inventions North

Elias Howe

Isaac Singer

Dozens

One

Jethro Wood

John Deere

Cyrus McCormick

Iron Plow

Steel Plow

Mechanical Reapers

Plow with removable parts

Lightweight plow

Horse-drawn machine that mowed wheat and other

grains

These machines helped farmers raise more grain with fewer hands. Thousands of farmworkers left the countryside. Some went west to start their own farms and others found work in

factories.

Samuel F. B. Morse “Talking Wire”

device that sent electrical signals along a wire.

News Long

Minutes

Horse or mule drawn cars along wooden

rails

Steam-powered locomotive engine used to pull cars

Workers who moved freight on horse-drawn wagons feared they would lose their jobs. Investors in canals feared they would lose their investment to railroads.

A. Accident-prone B. Unreliable C. Dangerous

A. Build sturdier bridges B. Wooden rails replaced with iron C. Build solid roadbeds

Commerce

Trade Nations

Cotton Fur Wheat Lumber Tobacco

John Griffiths Clipper Ship

Sleek vessels with tall masts and huge sails

Speed United States

1840s and 1850s

Steam Water

More Lower

Buy Clothes

Raw Materials Finished Goods

Markets

Directions: The north was experiencing an economic boom during the 1800s. New inventions contributed to the expansion of

the economy in the north. To better understand some of the inventions and their effects on life in the north, read the article

below. On the back of this page, fill in the sales add. Your goal is convince your fellow northerners to purchase the new invention.

Be sure to include the following in your add: A picture of the invention

A description of the invention An explanation on how the invention will

enhance (make better) life in the north

Due 4/8/15Using the timeline on

Mr. Berlanda’s website, Choose 3 inventions of the 1840s/50s and answer the

following questions:

1. What is the primary function of the invention?

2. How will it improve the lives of people in the

north?

3. What are possible negative effects of the

invention?