“Keep on keeping on!” 1. Please pass out folders. 2. Pass forward focus papers from last week. 3. Get a new “focus paper” out 4. Have something to write with
Expectations Reminder Please so not touch anything on or in my desk. (unless asked to do so) Cell phones OUT OF SIGHT NO BACKPACKS! Please leave my room clean and organized!
Inventions Graphic Organizer Watch the front board for image hints for each “characteristic” As a pair, determine what invention you think the characteristic image describes Write the name of the invention on your board
Cotton Gin Increased slavery Increased plantations
Interchangeable parts Resulted in mass production
Mechanical Reaper Gathered wheat that was cut Increased Farm productivity
1869
1869 Transcontinental Railroad Completed 1869
Complete!
Erie Canal completed - 1825
Air pollution - railroads
Nation-wide Network East to West
Man-made Erie Canal
Steamboats!!! New Orleans Growth in cities St. Louis People & Goods move faster Steamboats!!!
Cleaned cotton more efficiently
Opened or helped Westward Expansion Erie Canal
Free Enterprise System