Inventions Review: Westward Expansion (1.8d)

Who was the enslaved African American who helped Cyrus McCormick invent the reaper? (a)  

• Frederick Douglass
• Robert Smalls
• Jo Anderson
• Phillis Wheatley

Who helped to improved the steamboat? (a)  

• Robert Fulton
• Robert Smalls
• Robert Bobert
• Robert Kennedy

Who was the entrepreneur that brought the reaper to market? (a)  

• Miley Cyrus
• Citrus Fruit
• McCormick and Schmidt
• Cyrus McCormick

Eli Whitney patented the: (a)  

• Cotton Swab
• Cotton Ball
• Cotton Gin
• Cotton Candy

Jo Anderson was an enslaved African American who helped Cyrus McCormick invent the reaper. (a)  

• TRUE
• FALSE

The reaper was a machine that separated the seeds from the cotton. (a)  

• TRUE
• FALSE

The steam locomotive provided cheaper land transportation but did not reduce travel time. (a)  

• TRUE
• FALSE

The steamboat did not connect southern plantations to northern industries. (a)  

• TRUE
• FALSE

The invention of the reaper increased the productivity of the American farmer. (a)  

• TRUE
• FALSE

The invention of the cotton gin decreased the need for slave labor. (a)  

• TRUE
• FALSE