2023 8d Review

An inventor is a person who

• organizes resources to bring to market for a profit.

• is the first to think of or make something.

• a good salesperson.

• a farmer who is trying to make more money.

Match the person with the technology they are credited with inventing or improving.

• Steamboat

• Jo Anderson

• Reaper

• Eli Whitney

• Cotton Gin

• Robert Fulton

• Reaper

• Cyrus McCormick

Prior to the Civil War, where did most industrialization take place?

• North

• South

• East

• West

Prior to the Civil War where was the majority of farming in the United States?

• North

• South

• East

• West

The ​ (a)   produced in the ​ (b)   had an impact on the ​ (c)   society of the ​ (d)   .

• equipment
• North
• farming
• South

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

• a farmer.

• an inventor.

• an entrepreneur.

• a Northern.

The cotton gin increased the production of cotton, which increased the need for slave labor to cultivate and pick the cotton.

• True

• False

Why was the improvement of the steamboat so important?

• It increased the productivity of the American farmer?

• It increased the production of cotton.

• It provided faster land transportation.

• It provided faster river transportation.

The steam locomotive provided faster ​ (a)   transportation.

• land
• air
• water