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- 1. Multiple Choice
What was the Spinning Jenny used for?
Weaving Cloth
Sorting Cotting
Making Electricity
Transportation
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which one of the inventions from your chart changed the way goods and people were transported?
Telephone
Light Bulb
Steam Engine
Cotton Gin
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which one of the inventions from your chart changed the way cotton was processed?
Cotton Gin
Spinning Jenny
Bessemer Steel Process
Light Bulb
- 4. Multiple Choice
Who invented the Spinning Jenny?
Thomas Edison
James Hargreaves
Albert Einstein
Eli Whitney
- 5. Multiple Choice
The invention of these made it possible to replace a broken part with ease instead of having to wait for custom replacements
mass production
division of labor
interchangeable parts
- 6. Multiple Choice
Who invented the telegraph in 1840?James HargreavesJohn DeerSamuel MorseJohn Montressor - 7. Multiple Choice
This invention turned rivers into busy routes for traders and travelers.
Railroads
Steamboat
Telegraph
Mechanical Reaper
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWho invented the steamboat 1804?Cyrus Mc CormickElias HoweSamuel F.B. MorseRobert Fulton
- 9. Multiple Choice
How did the cotton gin change cotton production in the South?
Cotton was made faster.
Cotton became the most important cash crop in the United States.
It could clean more cotton in minutes than a whole group of workers could clean in a day.
all of the above
- 10. Multiple Choice
Inventor of the pasteurization process that removes bacteria from beverages like milk and beer.
Louis Pasteur
James Watt
Eli Whitney
Charles McCormick
- 11. Multiple Choice_______________ is a machine with sharp blades used to cut grain.The sowerThe reaperThe cotton ginThe sewing machine
- 12. Multiple Choice
Who invented the steel plow?
John Deere
James McCormick
Eli Whitney
Mrs. Schultz (obviously)
- 13. Multiple Choice
The steel plow helped farmers...
plow heavy, rich soil
make farming more difficult
plow light soil
plant seeds faster
- 14. Multiple Choice
Who invented the idea of food canning?
Nicolas Appert
Robert Fulton
Nicolas Copernacus
Eli Whitney
- 15. Multiple Choice
Food canning...
changed the way we store food
kept food fresh and flavorful for longer
created a vacuum-tight seal
made it more difficult to store food in homes
- 16. Multiple Choice
The introduction of interchangeable parts led directly to the —
A. formation of the patent system
B. creation of labor unions
C. use of mass-production techniques (assembly lines)
D. eight-hour workday
- 17. Multiple Choice
How did new methods of mass production (assembly lines) contribute to the Industrial Revolution?
by having skilled workers
by creating products more quickly and cheaply
by making many products that were more expensive
by allowing products to be made more slowly and carefully
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhat did Samuel Morse invent?Telegraph and Morse Codetelephoneelectricityradio
- 19. Multiple Choice
The telegraph...
was invented by Morse Code
allowed people to communicate instantaneously
allowed the government to share information quickly
connected continents, like America to Europe
- 20. Multiple Choice
The mechanical reaper...
increased farming production
decreased farming production
made farming more difficult
planted seeds automatically for farmers
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