Ch 14 -Inventions

Which one of the inventions from your chart changed the way goods and people were transported?

• Telephone
• Light Bulb
• Steam Engine
• Cotton Gin

Which one of the inventions from your chart changed the way cotton was processed?

• Cotton Gin
• Spinning Jenny
• Bessemer Steel Process
• Light Bulb

Who is credited with the invention of the light bulb?

• Thomas Edison
• Eli Whitney
•  James Hargreaves
• James Watt

What did Alexander Graham Bell invent during the Industrial Revolution?

• Spinning Jenny
• Light Bulb
• Steam Engine
• Telephone

The locomotive (train engine) was invented by Richard Trevithick in

• 1788
• 1804
• 1844
• 1876

Who invented the threshing machine? 

• Morse
• Fulton
• Cooper
• Deere

Who invented telegraph?

• Morse
• Fulton
• Cooper
• Deere

What was the effect of Samuel F. B. Morse’s invention?

• It increased cotton production and the expansion of slavery.
• It allowed people to communicate more easily over long distances.
• It led to faster transportation and improved trade.
• It raised the price that Southerners could get for their cotton.

Who invented the cotton gin 1793?

• Robert Fulton
• John Deer
• Cyrus Mc Cormick
• Eli Whitney

Impact on life in the U.S.It turned rivers into busy routes for traders and travelers.

• Railroads
• Steamboat
• Telegraph
• Mechanical Reaper