A Growing Country 5 th Grade Social Studies Chapter 11 Lesson 1 The Industrial Revolution

Lesson The Industrial Revolution pages Vocabulary textile interchangeable parts mass production productivity entrepreneur identical parts that can replace each other interchangeable parts

Lesson The Industrial Revolution pages Vocabulary textile interchangeable parts mass production productivity entrepreneur a person who starts his or her own business entrepreneur

Lesson The Industrial Revolution pages Vocabulary textile interchangeable parts mass production productivity entrepreneur how fast goods & services are produced productivity

Lesson The Industrial Revolution pages Vocabulary textile interchangeable parts mass production productivity entrepreneur the making of goods in large quantities mass production

Lesson The Industrial Revolution pages Vocabulary textile interchangeable parts mass production productivity entrepreneur cloth or fabric textile

Lesson The Industrial Revolution pages In what way did the new textile machines in Britain change the textile industry? They spun cotton much faster than the old machines What effect did interchangeable parts have on production? They made it possible to produce many more tools & machines

Lesson The Industrial Revolution pages What do you notice about the mill in the picture on p. 380? It is a large room with many machines What made Lowell’s mill different from other mills before it? Lowell’s mill was the first to turn raw cotton into finished cloth all under one roof. It produced more cloth than other mills before it.

Lesson The Industrial Revolution pages What was life like for young women working at the Lowell mills? They worked long days & lived in boarding houses In what ways did McCormick’s reaper & John Deere’s steel plow change farming? The reaper allowed farmers to harvest grain much faster. The steel plow could cut through tough soil.

Lesson The Industrial Revolution pages Why did the federal government build the National Road? To connect Ohio to the east What did Robert Fulton do to improve travel by water? He invented the steamboat How did the railroads help American business? They let farmers & factories ship their goods all over the country quickly

A Growing Nation 5 th Grade Social Studies Chapter 11 Lesson 2 Immigrants & Reformers

Lesson Immigrants & Reformers pages Vocabulary famine reform temperance injustice the decision to drink little alcohol or none at all temperance

Lesson Immigrants & Reformers pages Vocabulary famine reform temperance injustice something one person does to another that is wrong injustice

Lesson Immigrants & Reformers pages Vocabulary famine reform temperance injustice a widespread shortage of food famine

Lesson Immigrants & Reformers pages Vocabulary famine reform temperance injustice change for the better reform

Lesson Immigrants & Reformers pages In what region of the United States did German immigrants tend to settle? The Midwest Other than immigration, what caused U.S. cities to grow so fast? People were leaving farms to move to the cities in search of jobs

Lesson Immigrants & Reformers pages What reform movements were people working for in the mid-1800’s? antislavery, temperance,women’s rights What was the Seneca Falls Convention? It was a meeting held in Seneca Falls, New York to discuss women’s rights

A Growing Nation 5 th Grade Social Studies Chapter 11 Lesson 3 Texas & the Mexican War

Lesson Texas & The Mexican War p Vocabulary annexation manifest destiny front cession place where fighting occurs in a war front

Lesson Texas & The Mexican War p Vocabulary annexation manifest destiny front cession something that is given up or surrendered, such as land cession

Lesson Texas & The Mexican War p Vocabulary annexation manifest destiny front cession the belief that the United States could & should expand to the Pacific Ocean manifest destiny

Lesson Texas & The Mexican War p Vocabulary annexation manifest destiny front cession the act of adding more territory to a country annexation

Lesson Texas & The Mexican War p Why did Mexico pass laws to stop Americans from settling in Texas? There were more Americans than Mexicans in Texas What happened at the Battle of the Alamo? American Texans & Tejanos tried to defend the Alamo against Santa Anna

Lesson Texas & The Mexican War p What was the result of the fighting at San Jacinto? Santa Anna was captured & agreed to give Texas independence Why were some Americans against annexing Texas? Some opposed it because they feared war with Mexico & didn’t want to admit another slave state

Lesson Texas & The Mexican War p Why did some Americans support the annexation of Texas? They supported annexation as part of manifest destiny What disagreement did Mexico & the U.S. have about the border? Mexico wanted the border to be at the Nueces River; the U.S. wanted it to be at the Rio Grande

Lesson Texas & The Mexican War p What were the three fronts where the war was fought? New Mexico, Northern Mexico, Southern Mexico What was the Mexican Cession? It was the land Mexico gave up after the war in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

A Growing Nation 5 th Grade Social Studies Chapter 11 Lesson 4 Moving West

Lesson Moving West p Vocabulary wagon train forty-niner gold rush boomtown a person who went to look for gold in California in 1849 forty-niner

Lesson Moving West p Vocabulary wagon train forty-niner gold rush boomtown the quick movement of people west after the discovery of gold gold rush

Lesson Moving West p Vocabulary wagon train forty-niner gold rush boomtown a quick growing town with many chances to make money boom town

Lesson Moving West p Vocabulary wagon train forty-niner gold rush boomtown a line of covered wagons moving together cross country wagon train

Lesson Moving West p What did the Oregon Trail allow settlers to do? cross the Rocky Mountains; travel from Missouri to Oregon by wagon Why was travel on the Oregon Trail difficult? Injuries, diseases, bad weather, not enough food & water Who were Mormons? A religious group that moved to Utah in search of religious freedom

Lesson Moving West p Who lived in California before the Gold Rush? American Indians & Californios (Mexicans) Why did boomtowns spring up during the gold rush? Many miners, merchants, & traders moved to towns near gold mines How long after becoming a territory did California have enough people to be a state? Just two years