Eli Whitney was instrumental in the invention of the
a. steamboat.
b. cotton gin.
c. railroad locomotive.
d. telegraph.
e. repeating revolver.
Question 2
The native peoples of Virginia (Powhatans) succumbed to the Europeans because they
a. died in large numbers from European diseases.
b. lacked the unity necessary to resist the well-organized whites.
c. were no longer a resource for food once the Virginians began growing their own crops.
d. were not a reliable labor source and could be disposed of without harming the colonial economy.
e. All of these
Cotton-top tamarin eating a grasshopper
The first mill operations performed only the task of spinning wool, cotton, and
A passenger train crosses Stony Creek Bridge in the Rocky Mountains in 1878. Railroads were importan
Claude Monet, The Railroad Bridge, Argenteuil.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Maidenhead Railroad Bridge.
Sterile cotton balls