a growing country 5 th grade social studies chapter 11 lesson 1 the industrial revolution

A Growing Country

5th Grade Social StudiesChapter 11

Lesson 1The Industrial Revolution

Lesson 11.1- The Industrial Revolutionpages 378-385

Vocabulary

textileinterchangeable partsmass productionproductivityentrepreneur

identical parts that can

replace each other

interchangeable parts


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a person who starts his or

her own business

entrepreneur


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how fast goods &

services are produced

productivity


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the making of goods in large

quantities

mass production


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cloth or fabric

textile


• 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


• 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.


• 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.


• 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

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Lesson 2Immigrants & Reformers

Lesson 11.2- Immigrants & Reformerspages 388-393

Vocabulary

faminereformtemperanceinjustice

the decision to drink little

alcohol or none at all

temperance


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something one person

does to another that

is wrong

injustice


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a widespread shortage of

food

famine


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change for the better

reform


• 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


• 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

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Lesson 3Texas & the Mexican War

Lesson 11.3- Texas & The Mexican Warp. 394-399

Vocabulary

annexationmanifest destinyfrontcession

place where fighting occurs

in a war

front


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something that is given up or surrendered, such as land

cession


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the belief that the United

States could & should expand to the Pacific

Ocean

manifest destiny


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the act of adding more territory to a

country

annexation


• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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

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Lesson 4Moving West

Lesson 11.4- Moving Westp. 400-405

Vocabulary

wagon trainforty-ninergold rushboomtown

a person who went to look for gold in California

in 1849

forty-niner


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the quick movement of

people west after the discovery of

gold

gold rush


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a quick growing town with many chances to make

money

boom town


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a line of covered wagons moving together cross

country

wagon train


• 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


• 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

a growing country 5 th grade social studies chapter 11 lesson 1 the industrial revolution

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