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Technological Innovations
Test Description: How do technological innovations impact economic growth?
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) After the Revolutionary War what 2 crops became the most important ones in Ga.?
A
Cotton and Tobacco
B
Corn and Wheat
C
Rice and Indigo
D
Cotton and Rice
2) Which of these 2 crops became "King"?
A
Tobacco
B
Indigo
C
Cotton
D
Rice
3) Who invented the Cotton GIn?
A
Eli Whitney
B
George Walton
C
Thomas Edison
D
Austin Dabney
4) What did the Cotton Gin do?
A
Liquifies cotton fiber
B
Separate cotton bolls from cotton plants
C
Spins cotton into thread
D
Separate cotton fiber from its seed
5) How did the cotton gin affect the economy of Georgia?
A
Allowed increase from 6-7 lbs per day to 50 lbs of cotton cleaned per day
B
The cotton gin had no effect on Georgia's economy.
C
Encouraged farmers to focus on tobacco, rather than cotton.
D
Helped increase cotton production only a little
6) How did the cotton gin lead to an increase in slavery in GA and other southern states?
A
Less cotton = smaller fields = need for fewer workers = less slaves
B
Slaves were needed to wash and cook the cotton.
C
Since farming stopped being an economic option, slaves were not needed
D
More cotton = bigger fields = need for more workers = more slaves
7) Who invented the mechanical reaper?
A
Sam Walton
B
Cyrus McCormick
C
Thomas Edison
D
Eli Whitney
8) How did the reaper affect agriculture?
A
Farmers refused to use the reaper.
B
Farmers were able to cut 6 times as much grain with the reaper, as by hand.
C
Farmers were able to cut only a little more grain with the reaper, than by hand.
D
The reaper did not work and was not used at all.
9) How did railroads help the growth of GA's economy?
A
Railroads had little effect on the growth of GA's economy.
B
Railroads enabled farmers to ship goods further, faster and less expensively.
C
Railroads did not cross GA.
D
Railroads made the shipment of goods slow down and cost more.
10) Why were railroads important to the growth of the cotton business in GA?
A
Railroads forced famers to ship less cotton at a higher cost.
B
Railroads had no effect on the growth of the cotton business in GA,
C
Railroads did not cross GA.
D
Railroads enabled farmers to ship more cotton, more quickly, for less cost.,
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