WorksheetsUnit 4 Topic 2 Transportation and Movement
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 17mins
What did the Cotton Gin do?
It picked cotton a lot faster than a person could.
It sowed cotton seeds a lot faster than a person could.
It spun cotton into thread a lot faster than a person could.
It removed the seeds from cotton a lot faster than a person could
How did the Cotton Gin affect slavery?
Plantation owners needed less slaves.
It didn't affect it.
Plantation owners needed more slaves.
Plantation owners no longer needed slaves.
Why did the invention of the Cotton Gin increase the need for more workers?
Because plantation owners needed more slaves to grow more cotton.
Because plantation owners need more slaves to pick seeds out of cotton.
Because plantation owners needed more slaves to make fabric.
Because they bought a lot of Cotton Gins and needed more slaves.
A canal is a?
man made channel
ocean
lake
stream
What Great Lake did the Erie Canal connect to the Hudson River?
Lake Erie
Lake Michigan
Lake Ontario
Lake Huron
Lake Superior
The opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 was important to the development of the nation because it
linked the industrial centers of the North and the South
allowed the United States Navy to defend the Great Lakes
forced the Spanish to sell Florida to the United States
increased trade between the East Coast and the Midwest
What was the main purpose of the Transcontinental Railroad?
To make China more powerful.
To help with transportation, communication, and to connect the nation.
To make Native Americans move off their land.
To give immigrants a job, to feel important, and needed in America.
Which animals were greatly affected by the Transcontinental Railroad being built?
bison
cattle
horses
birds
How did people travel before the Transcontinental Railroad was built?
bikes and scooters
boats and planes
horses and cars
boats and wagons
What does transcontinental mean?
to travel across a continent
to travel from one continent to another continent
to travel north and south
to travel to transport goods
The Transcontinental Railroad connected the __________________________.
north and south
east and west
north and west
east and south
