https://padlet.com/sophia_k_wargo/qojjlx9la6av Industry and innovation expanded the North's economy and power. en-us 2017-03-31 13:14:30 UTC 2026-01-27 04:49:39 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Tent.png sophia_k_wargo https://padlet.com/sophia_k_wargo/qojjlx9la6av/wish/163961542 The North's industrial phrase took place in three phases. During the first phase, employers divided jobs into smaller steps. During the second phase, entrepreneurs built factories to bring specialized workers together. In the third phrase, workers used machines to complete tasks. ]]> 2017-03-31 13:27:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sophia_k_wargo/qojjlx9la6av/wish/163961542 1309661 https://padlet.com/sophia_k_wargo/qojjlx9la6av/wish/164601701 The first railroads in the United States ran along short stretches of track that connected mines with nearby rivers. The first steam-power locomotive began running in Britain in 1829.]]> 2017-04-04 13:04:45 UTC https://padlet.com/sophia_k_wargo/qojjlx9la6av/wish/164601701 0906388 https://padlet.com/sophia_k_wargo/qojjlx9la6av/wish/164607395 Improvements in transportation contributed to the success of the new American industries. By connecting rivers and canals made new routes for shipping. finally, in 1807 Robert Fulton sailed the first steamboat on the Hudson river. ]]> 2017-04-04 13:21:58 UTC https://padlet.com/sophia_k_wargo/qojjlx9la6av/wish/164607395 sophia_k_wargo https://padlet.com/sophia_k_wargo/qojjlx9la6av/wish/164608060 2017-04-04 13:23:53 UTC https://padlet.com/sophia_k_wargo/qojjlx9la6av/wish/164608060 1309661 https://padlet.com/sophia_k_wargo/qojjlx9la6av/wish/164608357 Before canals and railroads, farmers sent their crops down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. Railways and canals changed trade significantly  in many regions. They also played an important role in the settlement of the Midwest and population.]]> 2017-04-04 13:24:45 UTC https://padlet.com/sophia_k_wargo/qojjlx9la6av/wish/164608357 1309661 https://padlet.com/sophia_k_wargo/qojjlx9la6av/wish/164858464 As more people moved along railways and waterways, tragic disaster increased.
The SS Central America was a 270-foot side-wheel steamer that carried passengers and cargo. It stormed right into a hurricane and the ship sank off the coast of the Carolina's and hundreds of people drowned.
The Great Train Wreck of 1856 occurred on July 17, 1856 when two trains slammed head-on into each other. An estimated 60 people died and more than 100 were injured.

]]> 2017-04-05 12:54:45 UTC https://padlet.com/sophia_k_wargo/qojjlx9la6av/wish/164858464 0908835 https://padlet.com/sophia_k_wargo/qojjlx9la6av/wish/164860132 2017-04-05 13:00:23 UTC https://padlet.com/sophia_k_wargo/qojjlx9la6av/wish/164860132 sophia_k_wargo https://padlet.com/sophia_k_wargo/qojjlx9la6av/wish/164860546 2017-04-05 13:01:52 UTC https://padlet.com/sophia_k_wargo/qojjlx9la6av/wish/164860546 sophia_k_wargo https://padlet.com/sophia_k_wargo/qojjlx9la6av/wish/164860802 The telegraph was a device that that used electric signals to send messages. ]]> 2017-04-05 13:02:53 UTC https://padlet.com/sophia_k_wargo/qojjlx9la6av/wish/164860802 0906388 https://padlet.com/sophia_k_wargo/qojjlx9la6av/wish/164861162 Three inventions of the 1830s helped farmers overcome difficulties in farming. one of the inventions was the steel-tipped plow (John Deere, 1837), this allowed farmers to cut through the hard packed prairie soil.  the second is the McCormick reaper, which greatly harvested more wheat.]]> 2017-04-05 13:04:08 UTC https://padlet.com/sophia_k_wargo/qojjlx9la6av/wish/164861162 0908835 https://padlet.com/sophia_k_wargo/qojjlx9la6av/wish/164861897 2017-04-05 13:06:54 UTC https://padlet.com/sophia_k_wargo/qojjlx9la6av/wish/164861897 sophia_k_wargo https://padlet.com/sophia_k_wargo/qojjlx9la6av/wish/164861939 2017-04-05 13:07:05 UTC https://padlet.com/sophia_k_wargo/qojjlx9la6av/wish/164861939 sophia_k_wargo https://padlet.com/sophia_k_wargo/qojjlx9la6av/wish/164862173 He was an american inventor who developed a system for sending coded messages instantly along electrical wires. After he proved that his device could send messages over a short distance, congress gave him money to test the device over wider ranges of area. On May 24, 1844, he testes out his system in front of a crowd. He sent a message to an operator in Baltimore and they sent back the same message moments later. ]]> 2017-04-05 13:07:53 UTC https://padlet.com/sophia_k_wargo/qojjlx9la6av/wish/164862173 sophia_k_wargo https://padlet.com/sophia_k_wargo/qojjlx9la6av/wish/164863332 Was a system of dots and dashes used to represent the alphabet. This was the language used when using telegraphs. ]]> 2017-04-05 13:11:56 UTC https://padlet.com/sophia_k_wargo/qojjlx9la6av/wish/164863332 0908835 https://padlet.com/sophia_k_wargo/qojjlx9la6av/wish/164864144 2017-04-05 13:14:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sophia_k_wargo/qojjlx9la6av/wish/164864144 sophia_k_wargo https://padlet.com/sophia_k_wargo/qojjlx9la6av/wish/164864247 2017-04-05 13:14:34 UTC https://padlet.com/sophia_k_wargo/qojjlx9la6av/wish/164864247 1309661 https://padlet.com/sophia_k_wargo/qojjlx9la6av/wish/165020238 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTdKHXELWhI]]> 2017-04-05 23:58:00 UTC https://padlet.com/sophia_k_wargo/qojjlx9la6av/wish/165020238