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USI.8d Inventions And New Technology
Test Description: Inventions and New Technology
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) During the time of expansion industrialization was found primarily in the ___.
A
West
B
Mid-Atlantic
C
South
D
North
2) The ___ relied on the tools and and equipment produced in the industrial North.
A
North
B
South
C
Southwest
D
Mid-Atlantic
3) The first person to think of or create something is ___.
A
an inventor
B
an abolitionist
C
a suffragist
D
an entrepreneur
4) A person who organizes resources to bring a new or better good or service to market in hopes of earning a profit is ___.
A
an inventor
B
a suffragist
C
an abolitionist
D
an entrepreneur
5) ___ is the inventor of the cotton gin.
A
Eli Whitney
B
Robert Fulton
C
Jo Anderson
D
Cyrus McCormick
6) ___ is the inventor AND entrepreneur of the mechanical reaper.
A
Cyrus McCormick
B
Robert Fulton
C
Jo Anderson
D
Eli Whitney
7) ___ is the entrepreneur who improved the steamboat.
A
Richard Trevithick
B
Robert Fulton
C
Peter Cooper
D
Cyrus McCormick
8) ___ is the enslaved African American who helped invent the mechanical reaper.
A
Robert Fulton
B
Peter Cooper
C
Jo Anderson
D
Cyrus McCormick
9) ___ is the entrepreneur who made a steam locomotive pull a passenger car.
A
Peter Cooper
B
Richard Trevithick
C
Robert Fulton
D
Jo Anderson
10) ___ is the inventor who made a steam locomotive on railroad tracks.
A
Peter Cooper
B
Jo Anderson
C
Richard Trevithick
D
Robert Fulton
11) Which invention increased the productivity of the American farmer?
A
steam locomotive
B
cotton gin
C
reaper
D
steamboat
12) Which invention increased the need for slave labor?
A
steel plow
B
steam engine
C
cotton gin
D
reaper
13) Which invention connected Northern industry to Southern farms and plantations to Western territories?
A
steam locomotive
B
steamboat
C
overland trails
D
canals
14) Which invention provided faster land transportation during Westward Expansion?
A
steam locomotive
B
canals
C
automobiles
D
overland trails
15) Which invention increased the need for slave labor?
A
mechanical reaper
B
steamboat
C
cotton gin
D
steam locomotive
16) Which invention removed seeds from cotton?
A
cotton gin
B
cotton reaper
C
thresher
D
steam gin
17) The reaper ___.
A
was less efficient than the scythe
B
was faster land transportation
C
cut/harvested grains
D
removed seeds from cotton
18) Which invention allowed people and goods to travel upriver against the strong river currents?
A
the steam gin
B
the steam engine
C
the steam locomotive
D
the steamboat
19) Which invention provided faster land transportation?
A
the combine thersher and reaper
B
the Conestoga wagon
C
the steam locomotive
D
the steamboat
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