Social Studies

Chapter 5

Lesson 1

MAINE

Mountains found in

almost every state of the Northeast

Appalachian Mountains

Appalachian Trail

A marked hiking path that runs through the Appalachian

Mountains

Appalachian Trail•Runs through some of the Northeastern and Southeastern States

•Largest marked foot path

•Stretches from Georgia to Maine

•Built from 1921 to 1937 by volunteers

The Making of the MountainsOld as the Hills

•Appalachians are one of the oldest mountain ranges in the world -250 million year ago

•These mountains have been worn down by water, ice, and wind

•Glaciers once covered a part of the Northeast

Glaciers•a huge sheet of ice that slowly moves across the land

•moved over some of the Appalachians for thousands of years

•carried tons of rock and soil away

•made the mountains lower and rounder

The Making of the Mountains

The Fall Line

•East of the Appalachian Mountains lies a low plateau

•Fall lineFall line- is where the hard rock of the mountains and the plateau meets the softer rock of the Coastal Plain

•Flowing water wears away at the soft rock

•Streams and rivers create waterfalls at the fall line

Mountains and Factories

People began building small factories, or mills, that used the power of running water

to run machines

Mountains and FactoriesThe Industrial Revolution

•Industrial Revolution

•a major change, starting in the 1800’s

• in which new power driven machines replaced hand tools

•goods could be produced much faster

•Factories soon became as important as farms in the Northeast

•Factories were producing goods of all kinds from shoes to tools to furniture

First large mill was located in Lowell, Massachusetts