Chapter 10 Technological Advancements Impact the Nation

What was the effect of the cotton gin?

• increase in the use of slave labor

• decrease in cotton production

• industrialization of the South

• end of plantation lifestyle

Which 1830s invention made it easier for farmers to farm their own land in the Midwest?

• cotton gin

• assembly line

• steamboat

• mechanical reaper

Which technological advancements contributed most to increased trade and settlement along the Great Lakes in the early 1800s?

• railroads and steamboats

• textile mills and steamboats

• steamboats and assembly line

Who invented the cotton gin?

• Samuel Morse

• George Stephenson

• Eli Whitney

• Robert Fulton

On what did the steamboat increase the speed people and goods traveled on

On what did the steam locomotive increase the speed people and goods traveled on

The telegraph increased the speed _________________ traveled across long distances.

How did the telegraph impact westward expansion?

Mark all that are FALSE

• Cotton must be cleaned before it is woven into cloth

• Picking seeds from cotton by hand is an easy process.

• The cotton gin can remove cotton seeds from fiber by hand.

• The cotton gin led to a decrease in slavery.

A person who organizes resources to bring a new or better good or service to market in hopes of earning a profit is called a(n) _______________________