wk 21 d5

What is the main idea of the section titled "Early Attempts"?

• Both John Fitch and William Symington developed successful steamboat businesses, but the businesses failed later.

• The first successful voyage of a steamboat lasted about fifteen minutes.

• Several people attempted to use steam-engine technology to develop steamboat businesses.

• James Watt patented a steam engine, but when William Henry tried to install a steam engine in a boat, the boat sank.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Robert Fulton was able to invent a successful steamboat because he:

• had his steamboats travel on well built canals.

• moved the paddles from the sides of the boat to the boat's stern.

• invented a new steam engine that did not shake as violently.

• learned from the problems other inventors had experienced.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Read the glossary entry below for the word commercial:

commercial adj. 1. having to do with business or the exchange of goods 2. paid for by a person trying to make a profit 3. low quality 4. an advertisement

Which definition represents the meaning of commercial as it is used in paragraph 8?

• Definition 1

• Definition 2

• Definition 3

• Definition 4

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which of the following BEST describes the structure the author uses uses in this passage?

• chronological order

• problem and solution

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

Which of the following resources would be MOST helpful to find further information about Robert Fulton?

• a movie about the Industrial Revolution in the United States

• a book showing all of the steps involved in Robert Fulton's invention of the Clermont

• a Web site listing all the inventions leading up to the first successful steamboat

• a diagram of a engine used in most steamboats in the United States

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CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.7