11.9 Inventions

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Social Studies, History

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8th Grade

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CCSS

RL.7.9, RL.8.9

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PATRICIA GARZA

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21 Slides • 18 Questions

11.9 Inventions

Multiple Choice

Was the work easy or hard for the girls?

easy

hard

Multiple Choice

Where did most of the girls live before they came to the mills?

Cities

Towns

Farms

Slums

Multiple Choice

How were the textile mills powered?

Hulk strength

wind

water

heart

Multiple Choice

Who were the "Mill Girls"?

female workers who came to work for the textile corporations in Lowell

donut makers in Endicott

responsible for winding-up windmills on farms

I don't know.

Multiple Choice

The use of the ____________________ made it possible to make goods with many pieces faster and more cheaply.

stage coach

reaper

interchangeable parts

cotton gin

Multiple Choice

_______________ are pieces made to fit many machines or tools.

Interchangeable parts

Fixed parts

Limited parts

New parts

Multiple Choice

The invention of the ____________________ increased the production of cloth.

cotton gin

reaper

interchangeable parts

stage coach

Multiple Choice

How did the cotton gin change cotton production in the South?

Cotton was made faster.

Cotton became the most important cash crop in the United States.

It could clean more cotton in minutes than a whole group of workers could clean in a day.

all of the above

Multiple Choice

Who invented the cotton gin?

Thomas Jefferson

James Madison

George Washington

Eli Whitney

Multiple Choice

What was the name of Fulton's steamboat?

Tom Thumb

Clermont

Singer

McCorminck

Multiple Choice

Who improved the steamboat?

Jo Anderson

Eli Whitney

Robert Fulton

Multiple Choice

Which is NOT an advantage of using steamboats?

Cheaper cost to travel

Can run against the river current

Can go through mountains

Cuts down on travel time

Multiple Choice

What did Samuel Morse invent?

the steam engine

the steamboat

the telegraph machine

the telephone

Multiple Choice

Samuel F. B. Morse invented the telegraph. Which area of life was improved by this invention?

communication

farming

industry

transportation

Multiple Choice

_______________ is a machine with sharp blades used to cut grain.

The sower

The reaper

The cotton gin

The sewing machine

Multiple Choice

Who invented the steel plow which improved farming?

John Deere

Cyrus McCorminck

Isaac Singer

Peter Cooper

Multiple Choice

Look at the time line. What would be a good title for it?

How the Cotton Gin Is Made

How the Erie Canal Was Built

Inventions from the Industrial Revolution

Inventors of the Industrial Revolution

Open Ended

Which invention do you think is the most important, and why? Choose one and explain your reasons.

*Steamboat

*Telegraph

*Steel Plow

*Mechanical Reaper

*Textile Mill

*Cotton Gin

*Interchangeable parts

Type response here

Final Activity

ON Teams, in Assignments for our class, look for 11.9 Inventions. You are going to create an advertisement for one of these inventions. I put an example on this for you. Please make sure you turn this in and any missing work, ESPECIALLY YOUR 2.5 WEEKLY TEST FROM LAST WEEK! Message me for any questions.

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