2221. Which invention is incorectly paired?
A. Eli Whitney – Cotton Gin ( )
B. Robert Fulton – Steamboat ( )
C. Samuel Morse – Telephone ( )
D. Samuel Colt – Revolver ( )
✅ The correct answer is option C.
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2222. The development of steamboats, which made it economically feasible to bring products from the interior to market,
A. led to a sharp decline in canal building ( )
B. hindered the development of railroads in the South and West ( )
C. Brought the West into the national economy ( )
D. led to a decline in the port cities of the Northeast ( )
✅ The correct answer is option C.
2223. 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.
2224. 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.
2225. 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.
2226. 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.
2227. 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.
2228. 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.
2229. 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.
2230. The Great Famine of1845-1849 took place in:
A. France and Belgium.
B. Ireland, Germany, Scotland, and the Netherlands.
C. The United States.
D. All of the above.
✅ The correct answer is option B.