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Expansion and Growth

Authored by Abraham Lee

History, Social Studies

8th - 11th Grade

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Expansion and Growth
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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In 1793, ___________ invented the cotton gin it quickly removed the seeds from picked cotton allowing a huge increase in production.

Alexander Graham Bell

Eli Whitney

Samuel Langhorne Clemens

Robert Frost

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Eli Whitney received a contract with the U.S. government to produce 10,000 rifles. He invented a manufacturing method known as ____________ to produce weapons that could use the same components.

interchangeable parts

gins

patents

mixable components

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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In 1790, Congress passed a law to protect the rights of inventors. They could file a ________ with the government to protect their creation.

copyright

patent

technology writ

engineers schemata

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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__________ is an economic system that allows individuals and businesses to own property and decide how they will use it to make money.

Communism

Socialism

Capitalism

Fundamentalism

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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In a ____________ system, people are free to work wherever they wish, and to buy, sell, and produce whatever they want.

communistic

mercantile

Free Enterprise

socialistic

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The southern states depended on agriculture. The most important crop in the South was ___________.

Tobacco

Cotton

Beans

Rice

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Northeastern states relied on manufacturing and the production of cloth in the _________ industry.

iron

textile

paper

indigo

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