Industrial Revolution, Inventions, Canals

Who invented the steel plow?

• Cyrus McCormick
• John Deere
• Samuel Slater
• Robert Fulton

Who invented the telegraph?

• Elias Howe
• Eli Whitney
• Samuel Slater
• Samuel Morse

Who invented the steamboat?

• Robert Fulton
• Samuel Morse
• Cyrus McCormick
• Francis Cabot Lowell

Who invented the first cotton mill in America in 1790?

• Eli Whitney

• Robert Fulton

• Francis Cabot Lowell

• Samuel Slater

Where were most factories built?

• in the mountains
• in the desert
• along rivers

In what country did the Industrial Revolution begin?

• United States
• France
• Great Britain

What was the importance of the Erie Canal?

• more water for the settlers to use for their crops
• it connected the Hudson River to Lake Erie making transportation of goods easier
• it connected the Mississippi River and the Hudson River and made transportation of goods easier

New York City was connected to the Great Lakes Region by-

• the Mississippi River
• the National Road
• the Transcontinental Railroad
• the Erie Canal

Cotton became a much more profitable cash crop in the South after the invention of this -

• cotton gin

• cotton mill

• textile mill

• cotton candy

Which of the following was an effect of the invention of the cotton gin?

• slavery increased in the South
• slavery decreased in the South
• slavery was abolished in the United States
• cotton production decreased