Industrial Revolution Inventions

What is this device, invented by Peter Cooper in 1830? (hint: it was nicknamed "the iron horse" or a "teakettle on tracks")

• The Steam Boat

• The Steam Engine

• The Steam Locomotive

What is this device, invented by Richard Arkwright in 1769? (hint: it allowed factories to move AWAY from flowing rivers)

• The Steam Boat

• The Steam Engine

• The Steam Locomotive

Who invented the cotton gin, which easily removed seeds from short-staple cotton.

• Ben Franklin

• Eli Whitney

• Sam Slater

What is this device, invented by John Deere in 1837 to loosen soil for crops?

• The Garden Weasel

• The Lawn Mower

• The Steel Plow

What is this device, invented by Richard Arkwright in 1769, called? (hint: it spins cotton into yarn)

• The Power Loom

• The Spool Spinner

• The Water Frame

• The Yarn Spinner

What was Cyrus McCormick's "Mechanical Reaper" invented to do in 1832?

• Cut and collect crops

• Cut grass

• Loosen the soil for planting

• Pull weeds

What did Samuel Morse's invention called the telegraph do?

• communicated long distances

• punched holes in paper

• stapled things together

What was Edmund Cartwright's fabric-weaving invention called?

• A Carding Machine

• A Loom

• A Power Loom

• A Water Frame

What is this device called, invented by Karl Von Drais in 1820?

• A bicycle

• A Moped

• A Motorcycle

What did Thomas Edison's phonograph do?

• Amplified a person's voice

• Played music

• Processed food