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| growth of cities as people move from farms to cities |
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| 5 Problems the North faced |
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- filthy streets
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| The most important new invention for communication |
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| a code in which dots and dashes represent letters and numbers. |
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| invented the mechanical reaper |
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| What does the mechanical reaper do? |
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| What does the thresher do? |
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| separates grains of wheat from their stalks. |
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| mechanical reaper and thresher combined |
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| a machine that sews seams into fabric |
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| Who invented the improved sewing machine? |
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| Who invented the steam boat? |
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| a steam engine powered river boat |
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| a long, slender, swift, ocean going vessel |
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| a period of domincance or rule |
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| Who started producing steamships first? |
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| Why did the steam ship replace the clipper ship? |
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| it was faster and carried more cargo. |
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| early railroad cars were pulled along by? |
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| invented the first American steam locomotive |
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| The Irish potato crop failed and there was a famine. A million Irish came to America. |
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| A person who wanted America for white American born Protestants. |
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| The denial of equal rights to certain groups of people. |
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| less worthy; less valuable |
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