USI.8d Inventions and New Technology during Westward Expansion

Which invention removed seeds from cotton?

• the cotton reaper

• the cotton gin

• the steam gin

• the thresher

The reaper ___.

• removed seeds from cotton

• was faster land transportation

• cut/harvested grains

• was less efficient than the scythe

What made travel across New York using water cheaper and easier?

• The Erie Canal

• The Hudson Bay

• The Isthmus of Panama

• The Gulf of Mexico

Which invention allowed people and goods to travel upriver against the strong river currents?

• the steam engine

• the steam locomotive

• the steam gin

• the steamboat

Which invention provided faster land transportation?

• the Conestoga wagon

• the steam locomotive

• the steamboat

• the combine thersher and reaper

Eli Whitney was the ___ of the cotton gin

• inventor

• entrepreneur

• inventor and entrepreneur

Robert Fulton was the ___ of the steamboat.

• inventor

• entrepreneur

• inventor and entrepreneur

Cyrus McCormick was the ___ of the mechanical reaper.

• inventor

• entrepreneur

• inventor and entrepreneur

Jo Anderson was the ___ of the mechanical reaper.

• inventor

• entrepreneur

• inventor and entrepreneur

Which invention increased the need for slave labor?

• reaper

• cotton gin

• steam engine

• steel plow