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Which entrepreneur improved the steamboat?
a) Robert Fulton
b) Cyrus McCormick
c) Benjamin Franklin
d) Eli Whitney
Which statement best describes an entrepreneur?
a) Jo Anderson worked on a machine to increase the productivity of farmers.
b) Eli Whitney created a machine to increase the production of cotton.
c) William Clark helped explore the Oregon Territory and the Louisiana Territory.
d) Cyrus McCormick started the International Harvesting Machine Company to sell the reaper.
Which of the following would an entrepreneur be most likely to do?
a) Be creative in choosing and planning for a new business venture.
b) Pick a business that is guaranteed to be successful right away.
c) Give up on a business if other people do not think it is a good idea.
d) Close a business if it fails to make money in the first month.
What invention had an impact on the production of cotton?
a) a machine that uses heat to perform mechanical work
b) a machine that separates seeds from certain fibers
c) a machine that cuts and gathers crops at harvest
d) a machine that Jo Anderson helped create
What invention helped increase the productivity of farmers?
a) Bailer
b) Gin
c) Reaper
d) Scythe
The cotton gin, steamboat, reaper, and steam locomotive are all --
a) New Technologies After the Civil War
b) Advantages of Immigration
c) Advantages of the Industrial Revolution
d) New Technologies Before the Civil War
Why was the cotton gin an invention that slaves would not like?
a) This invention increased the production of wheat.
b) This invention increased the speed of transportation.
c) This invention increased the production of cotton.
d) This machine increased the distance travelled in a day.
The steamboat was responsible for —
a) increasing the productivity of the American farmer
b) connecting Southern industries to Northern plantations
c) providing faster transportation on land
d) increasing the need for slave labor
Who invented the reaper?
a) Robert Fulton and Benjamin Banneker
b) Cyrus McCormick and Benjamin Franklin
c) Jo Anderson and Cyrus McCormick
d) Robert Fulton and Jo Anderson
What was the result of the increased production of cotton after the invention of the cotton gin?
a) The need for slave labor to pick the cotton was ended.
b) The need for slave labor to cultivate and pick the cotton was increased.
c) The need for slave labor to cultivate and pick the cotton was decreased.
d) The need for slave labor to cultivate and pick the cotton was not
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