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Who created the telegraph?
Thomas Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
Samuel Morse
The Wright Brothers
Which one of the inventions from your chart changed the way cotton was processed?
Cotton Gin
Spinning Jenny
Bessemer Steel Process
Light Bulb
Who invented the cotton gin?
James Watt
Eli Whitney
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Edison
The cotton gin was invented in...
1776
1793
1807
1888
One negative effect of the cotton gin was...
cotton became more profitable for farmers...
The number of slaves needed decreased
The number of slaves needed increased
Jobs began to disappear
The steamboat was invented in...
1749
1908
1807
1888
Steam boats are powered by
wood burning stoves
diesel gasoline engine
sails
steam engine
The builder/inventor of the first steamboat was
Robert Fulton
Eli Whitney
Thomas Edison
Benjamin Franklin
What is the definition of an entrepreneur?
An entrepreneur is a person who takes a financial risk by putting up money to start a new business.
An entrepreneur is a person who takes NO financial risk by NOT putting up money to start a new business.
An entrepreneur is another name for a merchant or business owner
What are the 3 types of economic systems?
Traditional economy, Command economy, Market economy
Traditional economy, Collective economy, Merchant economy
Non-traditional economy, Command economy, Market economy
What is the definition of crop rotation?
A farming method in which the kinds of crops planted in a field are alternated every other year to help the soil remain fertile.
A farming method in which the kinds of crops planted in a field are alternated every three years to help the soil remain fertile.
A farming method in which the kinds of crops planted in a field are alternated every year to help the soil remain fertile.
What is the definition of capitalism?
an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by public owners for profit.
An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
Which country was known as the "workshop of the world?"
Finland
Ireland
Great Britain
What did James Watt invent during the Industrial Revolution?
The steam engine
The spinning jenny
The iron plow
What is the definition of "textiles?"
a type of cloth or woven fabric.
relating to fabric or weaving.
Both A and B
What was Eli Whitney's most well-known invention called?
Interchangeable Parts
The Cotton Gin
The Assembly Line
Who invented the steamboat?
Robert Fulton in the U.S. (1807)
Cyrus McCormick (1834)
Sir Henry Bessemer in England (1856)
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