Inventions Quiz

Who invented the Cotton Gin?

• Cyrus McCormick

• Eli Whitney

• Jo Anderson

• Robert Fulton

Who invented the Steam Locomotive (Train)?

• Eli Whitney

• Peter Cooper

• Richard Trevithick

• Cyrus McCormick

Who invented the Steam Boat?

• Robert Fulton

• Eli Whitney

• Peter Cooper

• Richard Trevithick

Who Invented the Mechanical Reaper?

• Eli Whitney

• Cyrus McCormick

• Jo Anderson

• Robert Fulton

What invention made it easier to clean cotton and expanded slavery in the south?

• Mechanical Reaper

• Cotton Gin

• Steam Boat

• Steam Locomotive (Train)

What invention made it easier to harvest crops?

• Mechanical Reaper

• Cotton Gin

• Steam Boat

• Steam Locomotive (Train)

What invention made travel easier by connecting southern plantations, northern industry, and western territories.

• Mechanical Reaper

• Cotton Gin

• Steam Boat

• Steam Locomotive (Train)

What invention made travel to the west faster and cheaper?

• Mechanical Reaper

• Cotton Gin

• Steam Boat

• Steam Locomotive (Train)

What word means a person who creates a new process or device?

• Inventor

• Entrepreneur

• Industrialization

• Cotton Gin

Which word means a person who provides the money and business for an invention to be created? (Not the creator)

• Steam Boat

• Industrialization

• Inventor

• Entrepreneur