Early Inventors: USI.8c

This invention increased the need for slave labor in the South.

• Cotton Gin

• Reaper

• Steamboat

• Steam Locamotive

These two men created the reaper.

• Jo Anderson

• Cyrus McCormick

• Peter Cooper

• Thomas Edison

• Robert Fulton

"Because of the nature of slavery, historians and researchers have found the contributions of slaves to particular inventions difficult to trace. Much of their work is unacknowledged. However, in his 1931 book, "The Century of the Reaper," Cyrus' grandson, Cyrus McCormick, gave _______________credit."

Who belongs in the blank?

• Robert Fulton

• Peter Cooper

• Jo Anderson

• Thurgood Marshall

Who is known for developing this in the United States?

• Cyrus McCormick

• Robert Fulton

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Jo Anderson

This invention increased the production of wheat farmers.

• Steam Locomotive

• Steamboat

• The Reaper

• The Cotton Gin

Which inventions contributed to this quote:

"Cotton could be purchased for as little as 12 to 20 cents a pound, transported to New York for 4 cents a pound, and sold for up to $1.89 a pound."

• Steamboat

• Cotton Gin

• Telephone

• Reaper

• Bifocals

Eli Whitney is to Cotton Gin and Cyrus McCormick is to what?

• Reaper

• Steamboat

• Automobile

• Telephone

Select the picture that connected the nation by land.

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Which of the following is not a reason people moved west?

• Population Growth in Eastern Cities

• Cheap and Fertile Land

• Economic Opportunities like gold, farming, logging, and freedom for former slaves

• Knowledge of Overland Trails (Oregon/Santa Fe)

• New Farming Techniques

Which new land is matched incorrectly from where it came from?

• Texas - Independent Republic

• Oregon - Great Britain

• Florida - Portugal

• Louisiana - France

• California and Southwest - Mexico