Inventions Quizizz

Multiple Choice

The Bessemer Steel Process made making ______ quicker and easier and stronger.

• steel

• cotton

• iron

Multiple Choice

Canals made ________ easier and quicker.

• transportation

• communication

• industry

Multiple Choice

The Erie Canal made _______ a major center of business.

• Chicago

• New York City

• Boston

Multiple Choice

The telegraph made ________ easier and quicker.

• transportation

• farming

• communication

Multiple Choice

Identical parts that can replaced easily and quickly.

• canals

• telegraphy

• interchangeable parts

Multiple Choice

How did inventions like the Erie Canal and the railroads change the landscape around them?

• Villages grew into cities like New York

• no impact

• it made people move to farms

• People moved to the South

Multiple Choice

How did industrialization change the environment?

• pollution, take away natural land

• created more natural resources

• made gold easier to find

Multiple Choice

Mechanical Reapers and steel plows made ______ easier and quicker.

• farming

• transportation

• communication

Multiple Choice

Steam boats made _________ easier and quicker.

• farming

• transportation

• communication

Multiple Choice

The Cotton Gin made ________ easier and quicker to produce.

• cotton

• steel

• iron

Multiple Choice

After the cotton gin was invented, slavery _______

• decreased

• increased

Multiple Choice

How did the Mississippi impact the communities along it?

• communities decreased

• communities along the Mississippi grew into cities

• communities stayed the same

Multiple Choice

Railroads made ________ easier, quicker and cheaper.

• communication

• farming

• transportation

Multiple Choice

What connected the eastern United States to the west?

• Steamboats

• Transcontinental Railroad

• the Erie Canal

Multiple Choice

How did the Transcontinental Railroad change the West?

• The railroad endangered the West.

• More people moved back to the East when they couldn't find gold

• More people were able to move and visit there which increased the population.

Poll

Which invention do you think had the most impact on the US?

• canals

• railroads

• cotton gin

• steam boat

• telegraph