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| Which invention led to major, rapid advances in travel by boat and train? | steam engine |
| What is an important change brought about by the Industrial Revolution? | More goods became machine made |
| As a result of the Mexican War, the United States: | Gained Mexican territory |
| The conflict between Texas and Mexico ended with the Battle at | San Jacinto |
| Some people were against California becoming a state because California | allowed married people to own property. |
| Stretched from Maryland to Illinois | National Road |
| Went from Illinois to the Great Salt Lake | Mormon Trail |
| Went from Independence, Missour, to the West Coast. | Oregon Trail |
| Linked the Hudson River and Great Lakes | Erie Canal |
| Forms the boarder between Mexico and the United States | Rio Grande |
| Why did the Mexican leaders allow slavery in Texas? | Encourage American immigration |
| How did the steam engine change travel in America? | It made travel cheaper and faster |
| Why did Californians want their territory to become a state? | Establish law and order |
| Why did large numbers of people travel on trails to the west in the middle 1800s? | To search for cheap land, for religious freedom and for gold |
| What religious group moved to Utah in early 1847? | Mormons |
| What were the results of Mexican War? | US pd $15 mil to Mexico for half of Mexico's land, the border of Texas was set at the Rio Grande |
| How were Slater and Lowell important to the Industrial Revolution | Built first spinning machines and established the 1st factories to spin and weave cotton |
| In what ways did the Industrial Revolution change farming? | Farmers were able to grow cotton more profitably because of the cotton gin. Reap and plow more quickly. |
| What changes in work did the Industrial Revolution bring? | People had to work long hours in factories |
| What were some of the problems of our country's early roads? | Rough, narros, flooded, muddy |
| What did Robert Fulton's steamboat, "The Clearmont" prove? | That steam could power a boat upriver. |
| How did Stephen F. Austin help Texas to grow? | He established a colony there. |
| What tensions developed between Texans and Mexican Government? | Texans out numbered Mexicans 3-1 Mexico outlawed slavery.Austin was thrown in jail. |
| How did Texas become part of the United States? | Texans won their independence from Mexico; Pres. Polk made Texas a state. |
| What dispute between the United States and Mexico led to war? | Location of the border between Texas and Mexico |
