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Unit #4 Topic #1: New Industries and Improved Transportation

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the practice of owning people and forcing them to work?

a)

Equality

b)

Freedom

c)

Justice

d)

Slavery

2.

Where was America's first cotton thread mill opened?

a)

Pawtucket, Rhode Island

b)

Waltham, Massachusetts

c)

Albany

d)

New York City

3.

What invention by Eli Whitney in 1793 changed farming in the South?

a)

Cotton Gin

b)

Turnpike

c)

Steamboat

d)

Railroad

4.

What was the name of the boat built by Robert Fulton with paddle wheels and a steam engine?

a)

Freedom

b)

Liberty

c)

Independence

d)

Clermont

5.

Which waterway was built to connect Lake Erie with the Hudson River?

a)

Erie Canal

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Ohio River

d)

Hudson River

6.

Who designed and built a steam engine to pull a train in 1830?

a)

Robert Fulton

b)

Samuel Slater

c)

Eli Whitney

d)

Peter Cooper

7.

What was the main means of transportation for settlers farming the land along the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers?

a)

Railroads

b)

Steamboats

c)

Stagecoaches

d)

Flatboats

8.

What was the system that allowed Southern plantation owners to own property and make their own business decisions?

a)

Free enterprise

b)

Communism

c)

Socialism

d)

Capitalism

9.

What was the main source of labor for most Southerners?

a)

Mining

b)

Trading

c)

Farming

d)

Manufacturing

10.

What was the issue that almost broke up the United States?

a)

The invention of the cotton gin

b)

The development of factories in the North

c)

The construction of the Erie Canal

d)

The growth of slavery into new western territory

11.

What was the primary crop that drove the agricultural economy in the Southern United States during the 19th century?

a)

Tobacco

b)

Cotton

c)

Rice

d)

Wheat

12.

Which invention allowed for faster transportation of goods and people across the United States in the 19th century?

a)

Automobile

b)

Steam locomotive

c)

Hot air balloon

d)

Bicycle

13.

Who is known for inventing the telegraph, revolutionizing long-distance communication in the 19th century?

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Samuel Morse

c)

Alexander Graham Bell

d)

Nikola Tesla

14.

Which invention significantly improved communication across the United States in the late 19th century?

a)

Telegraph

b)

Telephone

c)

Printing press

d)

Radio

15.

What major agricultural invention helped to increase cotton production in the South?

a)

Steel plow

b)

Reaper

c)

Cotton gin

d)

Threshing machine

16.

Who was a key figure in the development of the American steel industry in the late 19th century?

a)

John D. Rockefeller

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

J.P. Morgan

d)

Henry Ford