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US History Chapter 14, Lesson 1

Quiz by Jay Wilkins

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  • Q1
    a new development or invention
    innovation
    fad
    progress
    trinket
    30s
  • Q2
    invented the sewing machine in 1846
    J. M. Singer
    Elias Howe
    Watchim Fingers
    Horatio Brother
    30s
  • Q3
    employers divided jobs into smaller steps
    third phase of industrialization
    fourth phase of industrialization
    second phase of industrialization
    first phase of industrialization
    30s
  • Q4
    entrepreneurs built factories to bring specialized workers together
    first phase of industrialization
    fifth phase of industrialization
    second phase of industrialization
    third phase of industrialization
    30s
  • Q5
    workers used machines to complete tasks
    third phase of industrialization
    sixth phase of industrialization
    first phase of industrialization
    seventh phase of industrialization
    30s
  • Q6
    launched his first steamboat, the Clermont, on the Hudson River in 1807
    Bradley Hudson
    Robert Fulton
    Steven Foster
    Michael Clermont
    30s
  • Q7
    ship with sleek hulls and tall sails that "clipped" time from long journey
    barge
    steamboat
    clipper ship
    speedboat
    30s
  • Q8
    designed and built the first American steam-powered locomotive - The Tom Thumb
    Peter Cooper
    Robert Fulton
    Thomas the Train
    Mortimer Maddox
    30s
  • Q9
    in this year the United States had almost 3,000 miles of railroad track
    1776
    1763
    1840
    1860
    30s
  • Q10
    in this year the United States had 31,000 miles of railroad track
    1763
    1860
    1868
    1840
    30s
  • Q11
    to change significantly
    capitualize
    eschew
    transform
    morph
    30s
  • Q12
    a device that used electric signals to send messages
    The Morse Code Sender
    short-wave radio
    telegraph
    telephone
    30s
  • Q13
    a system of dots and dashes that represent the alphabet
    sign language
    Morse code
    Morris code
    braille
    30s
  • Q14
    developed by John Deere in 1837 and allowed farmers to cut through the hard-packed prairie sod
    the tractor
    the steel-tipped plow
    the disc
    the combine
    30s
  • Q15
    greatly increased the amount of a wheat crop a farmer could harvest
    McCormick's reaper
    McCormick's combine
    McCormick's spices
    McCormick's plow
    30s

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