Soc. Stu. Ch. 8 Les. 1 Quick Check
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- Q1A profit is the money a business earns BEFORE all its expenses are paid.FalseTrue300s
- Q2Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. Other machines also helped farmers. What did Cyrus McCormick invent?Sewing MachineTextile MillsCotton GinMechanical Reaper300s
- Q3Samuel F.B. Morse invented the Morse code which was a code using dots and dashes to spell words. These were sent over the telephone.TrueFalse300s
- Q4What is it called when you make the exact same goods over and over again?mass productioncanalprofitIndustrial Revolution300s
- Q5The period in time when there was a shift from making goods by hand to making them in a factory was called the Industrial Revolution.TrueFalse300s
- Q6Textile Mills were built on rivers because they needed the water to wash the cloths before they sold them.FalseTrue300s
- Q7The National Road lead from Cumberland, Maryland to Vandalia, Illinois.FalseTrue300s
- Q8The Erie Canal linked the Hudson River to Lake Erie. This made travel much cheaper and faster. The Erie Canal was not man-made.FalseTrue300s
- Q9The first true railroad in the United States was the Baltimore and Ohio or B&O. When it was first laid, they put out over 100 miles of track.TrueFalse300s
- Q10New towns sprung up along the railroad tracks. This drew more people to move the east.FalseTrue300s