Inventors

Which is NOT an advantage of using steamboats?

• Cheaper cost to travel
• Can run against the river current
• Can go through mountains
• Cuts down on travel time

This invention increased the need for slave labor in the South.

• Cotton Gin

• Reaper

• Steamboat

• Steam Locamotive

These two men created the reaper.

• Jo Anderson

• Cyrus McCormick

• Peter Cooper

• Thomas Edison

• Robert Fulton

Who invented the famous cotton gin?

• Eli Whitney

• Jo Anderson

• Robert Fulton

• Benjamin Franklin

The growth of railroads helped expansion because ...

• It created jobs
• It moved people and goods faster
• It was a fun way to travel.

Who improved the steamboat?

• Jo Anderson
• Eli Whitney
• Robert Fulton

What important invention is shown above?

• steamboat

• mechanical reaper

• cotton gin

• steam locomotive

What important invention is shown above?

• steamboat

• mechanical reaper

• cotton gin

• steam locomotive

A person who is the first to think of something or create something is:

• an inventor

• an entrepreneur

• an investigator

• an explorer

A person who brings a good or service to market by getting the resources together is:

• an inventor

• an entrepreneur

• an investigator

• an explorer