Advancements in our Nation Unit Test Review

This inventor is credited with developing the first telegraph in 1837.

• George Stephenson

• Eli Whitney

• Caleb Nowell

• Samuel Morse

Which communication device had the BIGGEST impact on life in the early 1800s?

• telegraph

• telephone

• cell phone

• radio

Which of these inventions had the BIGGEST impact on transportation in early America?

• steam boat

• telegraph

• the cotton gin

• the phonograph

If a person living in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1850 needed to get a message delivered to New York City, which of these would have been the QUICKEST method available at that time?

• locomotive

• steam boat

• telegraph

• telephone

Sojourner Truth was a major voice in the "abolition" movement. What did the "abolition" movement seek to end?

• immigration

• war

• poverty

• slavery

Which of these had the BIGGEST impact on the early life of Sojourner Truth?

• disease

• slavery

• politics

• war

*Born in 1818

*Escaped slavery in 1838

*Famous orator (speaker)

All of these are describing which famous American?

• Harriet Tubman

• Susan B Anthony

• Frederick Douglass

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

What did Susan B. Anthony do?

• She founded public schools in America.

• She fought for women's suffrage rights.

• She drafted the Emancipation Proclamation.

• She improved the treatment of the Native Americans.

How did inventions like the telegraph, steamboat, and railroads affect life in early America?

• Thomas Edison was responsible for each of these new inventions.

• These inventions led to increased business productivity and economic growth.

• Inventions like these caused slavery to spread throughout the United States.

• These inventions made it possible for new states like Kansas and Missouri to join the Union.

Susan B. Anthony's family was part of the Quaker religion. When Susan B. Anthony was growing up, which belief did many Quakers have?

• Slavery should be allowed.

• Men and women are created equal.

• Only boys should go to school.

• Fighting is the best way to solve problems.