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One invention of the 1800s made removing seeds from cotton much easier. Who  invented this product?
a) Cyrus McCormick
b) Jo Anderson
c) Eli Whitney
d) Robert Fulton

What inventor developed a form of transportation that connected different regions of  the United States?
a) Frederick Douglass
b) Robert Fulton
c) Benjamin Franklin
d) Cyrus McCormick

Which invention from the 1800s linked Southern plantations to  Northern industries and Western territories?
a) Carriage/Buggy
b) Steamboat
c) Wagon Trail
d) Airplane

The steamboat ---
a) increased the demand for slave labor
b) provided faster water transportation
c) increased the productivity of the American farmer
d) increased the production of cotton

What was the name of the slave who helped Cyrus McCormick invent the reaper?
a) Cyrus McCormick
b) Eli Whitney
c) Jo Anderson
d) Robert Fulton

The man who improved the steamboat was —
a) Jo Anderson
b) Robert Fulton
c) Benjamin Banneker
d) Eli Whitney

The cotton gin was invented by —
a) Jo Anderson
b) Eli Whitney
c) Robert Fulton
d) Cyrus McCormick

What was used to power a steamboat in the mid-nineteenth century?
a) Oil
b) Gas
c) Diesel
d) Steam

What effect did the invention of the reaper have?
a) Amount of taxes decreased
b) Farmers became more productive
c) Production of cotton increased
d) Land transportation was faster

What is true of both the development of the steam locomotive AND steamboat?
a) Delivered raw materials to factories
b) Increased need for slave labor
c) Assisted in reform of labor laws
d) Increased production of cotton

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