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WorksheetsChapter 13
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who invented the waterframe?
a)
Richard Arkwright
b)
Eli Whitney
c)
Samuel Slater
d)
Samuel Morse
2.
Who built the first American mill in Pawtucket, Rhode Island?
a)
Richard Arkwright
b)
Samuel Slater
c)
Eli Whitney
d)
John Deere
3.
Who built guns for the U.S. Army using interchangeable parts?
a)
Richard Arkwright
b)
Eli Whitney
c)
Samuel Morse
d)
Cyrus McCormick
4.
What is the definition of technology?
a)
tools to produce items or to do work
b)
type of worker who builds things
c)
items to help with transportation
d)
tools that make all people lazy
5.
Who hired entire families to work so he could meet labor needs at a low cost?
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
Francis Cabot Lowell
c)
Samuel Slater
d)
Robert Fulton
6.
Which is NOT an advantage Lowell girls received?
a)
Good pay
b)
Three meals a day
c)
Good working conditions
d)
Classes on Sunday
7.
What did Sarah G. Bagley fight for?
a)
10 hour work day
b)
Equal pay for men and women
c)
Better working conditions on the railroad
d)
Children to attend school
8.
Which labor system used young girls who mostly came to town from local farms?
a)
Rhode Island System
b)
Lowell System
9.
Who tested a steamboat design in France in 1803?
a)
John Deere
b)
Cyrus McCormick
c)
Samuel Morse
d)
Robert Fulton
10.
Who invented the telegraph?
a)
Robert Fulton
b)
Cyrus McCormick
c)
Samuel Morse
d)
John Deere
11.
Who invented the steel plow?
a)
John Deere
b)
Cyrus McCormick
c)
Samuel Morse
d)
Robert Fulton
12.
Who invented the mechanical reaper?
a)
John Deere
b)
Cyrus McCormick
c)
Samuel Morse
d)
Robert Fulton
13.
Which is NOT an advantage of using steamboats?
a)
Cheaper cost to travel
b)
Can run against the river current
c)
Can go through mountains
d)
Cuts down on travel time
14.
Who improved the sewing machine.
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
John Deere
c)
Isaac Singer
d)
Cyrus McCormick
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