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English 21 Public

Growth of the Northeast

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bodies of water that boats can use

waterways

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Rivers deep and wide enough for ships to use are called ____________ rivers.

navigable

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What separated the rivers in the eastern part of the Northeast from those in the western part?

the Appalachian Mountains

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a waterway dug across land

canal

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This connected the Great Lakes (Lake Erie) with the Hudson River and, eventually, the Atlantic Ocean.

the Erie Canal

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During the ______________________, new machines allowed people to make more goods faster.

Industrial Revolution

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a factory that uses machines to weave cloth

a textile mill

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Who worked at the textile mills?

women and children

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What kind of power did the machines in factories use in the mid-1800s?

steam engines

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Who opened the world's first electric power plant and what else did he do?

Thomas Edison -- invented the light bulb (among other things)

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Who invented the telephone?

Alexander Graham Bell

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Most immigrants who came by boat from Europe arrived here.

Ellis Island in New York

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Why did immigrants come to America?

to make a better life

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Because most immigrants worked in factories, where did most of them live?

cities

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When the populations of the cities grew, we called that ______________________.

urban growth

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Name three of the Northeast's biggest cities.

New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Newark, Trenton

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