Innovation and Technology

What percentage of US exports came from cotton?

• 1/4

• 1/3

• 1/2

• 3/4

Why was cotton important to the US? (check all that apply)

• Brought money to the south

• assisted in trade within the US and across the sea

• made borrowing from other countries possible

• It was the only materials with which to make clothing

• it was the only crop possible in the South

Who invented the Cotton Gin?

• Eli Whitney

• James Watt

• Thomas Newcomen

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

Who invented the Steam Engine? (check all that apply)

• Eli Whitney

• James Watt

• Thomas Newcomen

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

What type of cotton was important in the south?

• short staple

• fresh cotton

• organic cotton

• long grown

How much money did Eli Whitney make from his cotton gin?

• none

• a few thousand

• he became a millionaire

• he died before it was patented

What else did Eli Whitney "invent?"

• mass production systems

• steam engine

• railways

• the plow

What were some effects of the Cotton Gin? (check all that apply)

• more cotton production

• more slave labor

• need for man-made rivers in the south

• more people in the south

What was the first completed railroad in the US

• Baltimore and Ohio

• Transcontinental

• Pacific Union

• Eastern Coastline

Where did the Transcontinental Railroad construction end?

• California

• Nebraska

• Ohio

• Utah