
inventions
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Karen Rodriguez
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Inventions
Read each slide carefully; then answer the questions.
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Multiple Choice
The first person to think of or create something is ___.
an inventor
an entrepreneur
an abolitionist
a suffragist
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Multiple Choice
A person who organizes resources to bring a new or better good or service to market in hopes of earning a profit is ___.
an inventor
an entrepreneur
an abolitionist
a suffragist
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Multiple Select
Select ALL that apply: The steam locomotive ___.
provided faster land transportation
increased trade
made transportation cheaper
increased farming productivity
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Multiple Choice
What invention made possible the growth of railroads?
the spinning jenny
the factory
macadamized roads
the steam locomotive
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Before the Steamboat
Before steamboats, farmers built flatboats that floated downriver to carry their goods to sell.
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Before the Steamboat
Before steamboats, farmers built flatboats that floated downriver to carry their goods to sell.
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Disadvantage of Flatboat
Once they reached their destination, farmers sold the wood from their boats and then walked back home—sometimes over hundreds of miles—because the flatboats could not travel back upstream.
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Multiple Choice
How did the steamboat change river travel and river trade?
people were able to ride on boats
steamboats allowed for travel upstream as well as downstream in a river
steamboats made river travel more dangerous
steamboats made goods more expensive
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Multiple Choice
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Multiple Choice
What was the name of Fulton's steamboat?
Tom Thumb
Clermont
Singer
McCorminck
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Multiple Choice
Jo Anderson was a slave who helped Cyrus McCormick invent the reaper.
TRUE
FALSE
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Multiple Choice
What important invention is shown above?
steamboat
mechanical reaper
cotton gin
steam locomotive
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Multiple Select
These two men created the reaper.
Jo Anderson
Cyrus McCormick
Peter Cooper
Thomas Edison
Robert Fulton
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Multiple Choice
The invention of the reaper increased the productivity of the American farmer.
TRUE
FALSE
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Multiple Choice
Using ______labor, the South raised millions of bales of cotton each year.
slave
child
foreign
women's
all the answers are correct
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Multiple Choice
What is meant by cleaning cotton?
Washing it in soapy water
Boiling the fibers until the seeds melt
Picking the tiny seeds from the bolls of cotton
Hanging cotton in dry spaces until the cotton is clean
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Multiple Choice
How did the Cotton Gin affect slavery?
Plantation owners needed less slaves.
It didn't affect it.
Plantation owners needed more slaves.
Plantation owners no longer needed slaves.
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Multiple Choice
Which states benefited the most from the Cotton Gin?
The northern states.
The southern states.
The states that had the most factories.
The states along the western coast.
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Multiple Choice
What did the Cotton Gin do?
It picked cotton a lot faster than a person could.
It sowed cotton seeds a lot faster than a person could.
It spun cotton into thread a lot faster than a person could.
It removed the seeds from cotton a lot faster than a person could
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