Match the following terms with their best definitions.

1. transcontinental telegraph
2. capital
3. cumberland road
4. agricultural revolution
5. transatlantic cable

a. mass development of labor-saving machines for farm work
b. money, equipment, and other assets
c. joined england and u. s. by telegraph wire
d. first one built with crushed rock
e. spread of telegraph from the east to california

1- TRANSCONTINENTAL TELEGRAPH --- Spread of telegraph from the East to California

The first Transcontinental Telegraph, established in 1861, connected the East telegraph network with the newly created one in California.

2- CAPITAL --- Money, equipment, and other assets

Capital is any sum of money or quantity of goods that had not been consumed by its owner.

3- CUMBERLAND ROAD --- First one built with crushed rock

The Cumberland Road was the first major road in the United States built by the federal government. Carried out between 1811 and 1837, the 1,000-kilometer route connected the Potomac and the Ohio River.

4- AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION --- Mass development of labor-saving machines for farm work

The agricultural revolution describes a period of agricultural development in Britain from the eighteenth century to the mid-nineteenth century, during which there was a very high increase in agricultural productivity, yield and total production as a result of technological innovations and the development of new farming systems.

5- TRANSATLANTIC CABLE --- Joined England and U.S. by telegraph wire

The transatlantic cable reduced the communication time between the United States and England, allowing a message and an answer to arrive on the same day.

1) checks and balances- this idea is implemented in the constitution to ensure that no one branch of the federal government gains too much power. for example, the legislative branch(congress) can approve a bill that will then be sent to the executive branch (president). if the president does not like the bill or thinks that it violates the rights of citizens, he/she can veto the bill. vetoing the bill stops the bill from becoming a law. this check on power ensures that congress makes laws that do not violate the rights of citizens.

2) anti-federalists do not want to ratify the constitution unless it includes a bill of rights. the anti-federalists are worried that the constitution gives too much power to the federal government. having a strong central government caused problems when the us was still part of great britain. this is why the anti-federalists are fearful of this type of system.

3) federalists want a new constitution passed because it will fix america's weak political structure. before the us constitution is implemented, the constitution being used is known as the articles of confederation. this constitution has an extremely weak central government, allowing for disunity among the states.

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c) he felt the constitution clearly gave states this right.