Chapter 13 Test Review

Who invented the cotton gin?

• Joseph R. Anderson

• David Christy

• James Henry Hammond

• Eli Whitney

Which of these is a major disadvantage of growing cotton?

• Inexpensive to market

• Rapidly used up the nutrients in the soil

• Harvested cotton could be stored for a long time

• Inexpensive to transport long distances

How did the cotton gin make cotton growing more profitable?

• It spun cotton thread into organized spools

• It planted cotton plants much faster than by hand.

• It used a steam engine to process the cotton bolls

• It produced usable cotton fibers quickly and easily.

Why did the demand for slaves increase during the cotton boom?  

• More slaves were needed to plant and pick the cotton.

• More slaves were needed to transport the cotton to market.

• More slaves were needed to sell the cotton to cloth factories.

• More slaves were needed to construct cloth factories.

  What were some advantages to growing cotton? Select the three correct answers.  

• It wore out the soil.

• There was high demand for it.

• It was inexpensive to transport.

• There was little labor involved.

• It could be stored for a long time

A region stretching from south Carolina to east Texas where most U.S. cotton was produced during the mid-1800s

• Mediterranean

• Cotton Belt

• Oceanic Basin

• Cotton Boom

What problem did the cotton gin solve?

• Made it easier to separate the seeds from the cotton fibers

• Put nutrients back into the soil

• It helped ship heavy cotton around the world

• Reduced the need for slave labor

Which product was NOT made at the Tredegar Iron Works?

• Cannons

• Lumber

• Steam Engines

• Bridge Materials

Farmers used ________ to stop the soil from becoming ruined from planting cotton in the same field year after year.

• crop rotation

• soil rakes

• plant testing

• crop spinning

What was the job of a factor?

• To crank the cotton gin

• Manage the cotton trade

• Pick cotton in the fields

• Turn cotton into fabric