Chapter 14 Lesson 1: Industrial North

True or False: The steamboat, the steam powered locomotive, the sewing machine, the telegraph, and the steel tipped plow were some of the major inventions of the 1800s.

• TRUE

• FALSE

True or False: The sewing machine increased the rate at which clothing was produced.

• TRUE

• FALSE

True or False: Wider and deeper canals allowed steamboats to travel on major rivers.

• FALSE

• TRUE

True or False: Clipper ships could sail at speeds of up to 300 miles per hour.

• FALSE

• TRUE

Answer explanation

Clipper ships could sail up to 300 miles a day.

True or False: After the invention of revolutionary farming methods, settlers left the Great Plains.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Who invented the mechanical reaper?

• John Deere

• Elias Howe

• Cyrus McCormick

• Samuel Morse

Who invented the telegraph?

• John Deere

• Elias Howe

• Cyrus McCormick

• Samuel Morse

Who invented the sewing machine

• John Deere

• Elias Howe

• Cyrus McCormick

• Samuel Morse

Who invented the steel-tipped plow in 1837?

• John Deere

• Elias Howe

• Cyrus McCormick

• Samuel Morse

By 1860 where were most of the country's goods manufactured?

• Northeast

• Midwest

• Northwest

• Southeast