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What were the advantages of trains as the new transportation?
Could... 1. go anywhere tracks could be put down. 2. Go faster 3. Haul more and 4. Operate all year.
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trap
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seesaw
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fairy
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thief
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What did Richard Arkwright invent and what made it important?
A spinning machine called "the water frame". It made stronger thread.
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In 1840 the federal government set a workday limit of how many hours a day?
Ten
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People who believed the newcomers and unlimited immigration would destroy American institutions were called?
Nativists
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Free African Americans who moved north usually worked what kind of jobs?
Men: Service jobs like house servants, waiters, barbers etc. Women: laundresses, dressmakers, cooks etc.
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What did James Hargreaves invent?
The first mechanical spinning wheel, called the "spinning jenny".
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What were some attractions to urban life for the people?
Movie theaters and concerts as well as book and magazine publishing. Also, there were cafes, libraries etc.
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baam
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seesaw
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shark
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baam
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A person who arrives in a country to live after leaving another country is called?
An immigrant
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What source powered the textile mills?
Water
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shark
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lifesaver
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What were some of the dangers of early trains?
Sparks set fields on fire and early engines sometimes jumped the tracks.
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What does "urban" mean?
City
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What became the busiest route for moving people west in the 1820s to 1840s?
The Erie Canal
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What was the easiest way (in that time) to move goods and people?
Water
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