5th Grade Ch. 11 lesson 4 review

How did railroads impact the prices of goods & services?

• Made goods and services more expensive & harder to ship
• Made goods and services cheaper & easier to ship
• Gave people safer transportation
• Opened new land for exploring and settlements

What is meant by cleaning cotton?

• Washing it in soapy water

• Boiling the fibers until the seeds melt

• Picking the tiny seeds from the bolls of cotton

• Hanging cotton in dry spaces until the cotton is clean

How did the Cotton Gin affect the price of cotton clothing?

• The price of clothing stayed about the same

• The price of clothing was cheaper

• The price of clothing was higher

What other process was changed by Eli Whitney?

• Manufacturing using interchangeable parts

• Improve horse harnesses

• Manufacturing using electricity

• Improved steam engine machinery

What provided faster water/river travel?

• Steam boat
• Steam Locomotive
• ships
• cars

What was the importance of the Erie Canal?

• more water for the settlers to use for their crops
• it connected the Hudson River to Lake Erie making transportation of goods easier
• it connected the Mississippi River and the Hudson River and made transportation of goods easier

Why were railroads so important during this time?

• they moved goods more quickly and less expensively over greater distances
• they were fun to ride on to go visit family in other states
• people could ride on railroads to get to their jobs in another city

Who invented the first cotton-spinning mill?

• Eli Whitney
• Robert Fulton
• Francis Cabot Lowell
• Samuel Slater

Who invented cotton gin and interchangeable parts?

• John Deere
• Eli Whitney
• Samuel Slater
• Elias Howe

Who invented the steamboat?

• Robert Fulton
• Samuel Morse
• Cyrus McCormick
• Francis Cabot Lowell