311. When was Napoleon defeated?
A. June 18, 1815
B. July 18, 1815
C. January 20, 1820
D. None of the above
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Modern World History
312. Napoleon was defeated in the:
A. Crimean War
B. Battle of Waterloo
C. Battle of Plassey
D. Seven Weeks’ War
✅ The correct answer is option B.
313. Americans owed their ability to travel upstream to an invention by
A. Eli Whitney ( )
B. Robert Fulton ( )
C. Samuel Slater ( )
D. Robert Fulton ( )
✅ The correct answer is option D.
314. The Erie Canal connected
A. Buffalo and Rochester ( )
B. Albany and Buffalo ( )
C. Rochester and Albany ( )
D. Buffalo and Pittsburg ( )
✅ The correct answer is option B.
315. The invention and the use of machines was actually stimulated by a shortage of
A. Labour ( )
B. capital ( )
C. raw materials ( )
D. trading ships ( )
✅ The correct answer is option A.
316. Who sneaked the plans for a spinning machine out of England and built a factory in Rhode Island?
A. Eli Whitney ( )
B. Robert Fulton ( )
C. Samuel Slater ( )
D. Samuel Morse ( )
✅ The correct answer is option C.
317. One of Eli Whitney’s major Contributions to American manufacturing was his idea for
A. Steam engine ( )
B. textile machinery ( )
C. the factory sysytem ( )
D. interchangable parts ( )
✅ The correct answer is option D.
318. How many years passed between the invention of the first reliable steam engine and the induction electric motor?
A. 50 ( )
B. 81 ( )
C. 113 ( )
D. 152 ( )
✅ The correct answer is option C.
319. What was the first name of Robert Fultons first steam boat?
A. New Orleans ( )
B. Clermont ( )
C. Hudson ( )
D. Livingstone ( )
✅ The correct answer is option B.
320. What were Alexander Graham Bell’s first words on the telephone?
A. Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you.
B. What hath God wrought?
C. Mary had a little lamb.
D. This is just the beginning.
✅ The correct answer is option A.