WorksheetsInventions and the Civil War
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 32mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who led a raid against plantation owners in Virginia?
a)
John Brown
b)
Nat Turner
c)
Harriet Tubman
d)
James Lafayette
2.
These people were important in writing the Compromise of 1850.
a)
Henry Clay and Daniel Webster
b)
Joseph Hooker and John Fremont
c)
Harriet Tubman and Clara Barton
d)
Abe Lincoln and Jefferson Davis
3.
This person was an escaped slave who gave speeches around the country speaking about the evils of slavery.
a)
John Burns
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
John Brown
d)
Fredrick Douglass
4.
This person was a slave who sued for his freedom. This court case was ruled upon by the Supreme Court.
a)
Nat Turner
b)
Stephen Douglass
c)
John Mosby
d)
Dred Scott
5.
This person, an abolitionist led a raid on Harper's Ferry and was hung.
a)
Daniel Webster
b)
Fredrick Douglass
c)
John Brown
d)
Joseph Hooker
6.
This person was the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
a)
Sojourner Truth
b)
Matthew Brady
c)
Harriet Tubman
d)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
7.
Given the nickname Moses, this person led slaves to freedom on the Underground RR.
a)
Nat Turner
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Fredrick Douglass
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
8.
This person invented the cotton gin and interchangeable parts.
a)
George McClellan
b)
Robert Lee
c)
Henry Clay
d)
Eli Whitney
9.
Who pioneered the assembly line in 1913?
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Henry Benz
c)
Henry Ford
d)
Ford Wrangler
10.
Built a lightweight airplane that used a small,gas powered engine
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Graham Bell
c)
Wilbur and Orville Wrong
d)
Wilbur and Orville Wright
11.
He invented the telephone
a)
Lady GaGa
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Alexander Graham Bell
d)
Ben Franklin
12.
Invented electric lightbulb
a)
Coach Webb
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Coach Drummond
d)
Ben Franklin
13.
George Washington Carver is most known for his.....
a)
Inventions using peanuts
b)
Discovering Radium
c)
Theories of Evolution
d)
Helping to ban DDT
14.
What effect did the cotton gin have on cotton?
a)
Cotton was more expensive.
b)
Cotton could not be produce quickly.
c)
Cotton was made cheaper.
d)
The value of cotton decreased.
15.
Alexander Graham Bell change the way we communicate by making it easier to get in touch with people
a)
True
b)
False
16.
Specialization and mass production made it easy for business to make a lot of something. Because businesses were able to make a lot of something, they could sell each thing for a cheaper price.
a)
True
b)
Falso
17.
He came up with a way to grow peanuts and sweet potatoes in the South. He also came up with over 300 uses for peanuts-including peanut butter!
a)
George Washington
b)
George Washington Carver
c)
George Washington Collier
18.
When a person concentrates on doing one task when making something rather than the entire object.
a)
transatlantic
b)
assembly line
c)
specialization
19.
Wrote an anti-slavery book
a)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
b)
Harriet Brown Stanley
c)
Harry Beecher Stow
20.
The Airplane
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Alexander Graham Bell
c)
The Wright Brothers
d)
George Washington Carver
21.
The Light Bulb
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Alexander Graham Bell
c)
The Wright Brothers
d)
George Washington Carver
22.
The telephone
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
George Washington Carver
c)
The Wright Brothers
d)
Alexander Graham Bell
23.
How did Thomas Edison change the world?
a)
He made it easier to work at night and increased the amount of work that a person could do in a day
b)
He made it a lot easier for people to communicate
c)
He made it a lot easier for people to travel.
d)
He helped southern farmers live a better life
24.
He started the Ford Motor Company. He helped create the assembly line, and made the first car that a lot of people could afford to buy.
a)
Henry Ford
b)
John Ford
c)
Harry Ford
d)
James Ford
25.
Which invention was a series of parts that could be used to fix any machine?
a)
Steam boat
b)
Turnpike
c)
Interchangeable parts
d)
Telegraph
26.
Which invention separated cotton seeds from the cotton boll?
a)
Cotton gin
b)
Cotton plow
c)
Cotton swab
d)
Cotton canal
27.
Which invention was powered by a steam engine and moved people and goods up and down river?
a)
Locomotive
b)
Erie Canal
c)
Turnpike
d)
Steamboat
28.
Which invention was a man-made river that connects cities and is used to ship goods and people up and down river faster?
a)
Steamboat
b)
Telegraph
c)
Locomotive
d)
Erie Canal
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