think about it…

Warm Up:

Should you travel west? Create an advertisement convincing people to

move west or stay in the east.

Today’s Question:

How did new inventions impact the United

States?

Activities:

1. Introduction to inventions

2. In groups: look at pictures and figure out what each new invention does

3. Review Inventions

Vocab Words:

Inventor: 

Entrepreneur: 

Inventions in the 1800s

In the late 1700s and early 1800s, new ______________ changed the shape of the United States.

Prior to the Civil War, most industrialization took place in the __________, but the equipment produced in the __________ had an impact on the farming society of the __________.

In your group:

1. Look at each invention

2. What do you think this is?

3. How does it work?

4. Fill in the “what I think it does” box on your chart!

What do you think it is/does?

Reaper

Inventors: Cyrus McCormick and Jo Anderson

Reaper

Invention What I think it does: What it actually does:

Inventor: ________________

What do you think it does?

Cotton Gin

Inventor: Eli Whitney

Cotton Gin

Invention What I think it does: What it actually does:

Inventor: ________________

What do you think it does?

Steamboat

Inventor (improver): Robert Fulton

Steamboat

Invention What I think it does: What it actually does:

Inventor: ________________

What do you think it is/does?

Steam locomotive (train)

Stourbridge Lion

John Bull

Inventor: John Fitch

Steam Locomotive

Invention What I think it does: What it actually does:

Inventor: ________________

North and South growing apart…

Which is North? Which is South?

On the left side of your notebook:

1. Split the left side of your notebook into four sections.

2. In each section, draw a picture of someone who would use this invention (a farmer, factory worker, passenger traveling west).

3. Write a speech bubble explaining how this invention has impacted this person’s life.

Which territory was gained through a treaty with Spain?

Which territory was divided by the United States and Great Britain?

What is the name of the first document that established the laws for the United States?

Who wrote the Bill of Rights?

Who wrote the VA Statute for Religious Freedom?

Name 2 weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.

What document declared independence from Great Britain during the Revolutionary War?

Who explored the Louisiana Territory?

What is the name of Lewis and Clark’s Native American guide?

The United States acquired what territory after it became an independent country?

Who is the head of the executive branch of government?

How did the United States get California and the Southwest territory?

What is Manifest Destiny?