1. Be Prepared!!!  Grab the notes on the side table

2. InventionsNorth Elias Howe Isaac Singer Dozens One

3. 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.

4. Samuel F. B. Morse “Talking Wire” device that sent electrical signals along a wire. News Long Minutes

5. 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.

6. A. Accident-prone B. Unreliable C. Dangerous A.Build sturdier bridges B. Wooden rails replaced with iron C. Build solid roadbeds Commerce TradeNations

7. Cotton FurWheatLumber Tobacco John GriffithsClipper Ship Sleek vessels with tall masts and huge sails SpeedUnited States 1840s and 1850s

8. SteamWater MoreLower Buy Clothes Raw MaterialsFinished Goods Markets

9. 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