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

Which invention increased the need for slave labor?

• reaper

• cotton gin

• steam engine

• steel plow

Eli Whitney ___ the of the cotton gin

• patented

• entrepreneur

• inventor and entrepreneur

The reaper ___.

• removed seeds from cotton

• was faster land transportation

• cut/harvested grains

• was less efficient than the scythe

Which invention increased the productivity of the American farmer?

• reaper

• cotton gin

• steam locomotive

• steamboat

Jo Anderson was the ___ of the mechanical reaper.

• inventor

• entrepreneur

• inventor and entrepreneur

Cyrus McCormick was the ___ of the mechanical reaper.

• inventor

• entrepreneur

• inventor and entrepreneur

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

• the steam engine

• the steam locomotive

• the steam gin

• the steamboat

Which invention connected southern farms and plantations to northern industries and western territories?

• reaper

• cotton gin

• steam locomotive

• steamboat

Robert Fulton was the ___ of the steamboat.

• inventor

• entrepreneur

• inventor and entrepreneur