1 The steamboat was invented by __________.A) Elias Howe B) Peter Cooper C) Robert Fulton D) Tom Thumb 2 A method of communication that used electric signals to transmit messages was the __________.A) telegraph B) reaper C) fiber cable D) underground railroad 3 Railroads helped farmers __________.A) mark the boundaries of their land B) travel to eastern cities C) decide where to live D) send their products to new markets 4 All of the following were typical of factory working conditions, EXCEPT __________.A) long working hours B) air-conditioning C) dangerous conditions D) low pay 5 In 1860 the nation’s largest city was __________.A) New York City, New York B) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania C) Boston, Massachusetts D) Richmond, Virginia 6 The two largest immigrant groups from 1840 to 1860 were the __________.A) Irish and Germans B) English and Irish C) Germans and Italians D) Scots and Irish 7 The Upper South was made up of __________.A) Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee B) North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee C) Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina D) North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia 8 The cotton gin was invented by __________.A) Cyrus McCormick B) Elias Howe C) John Deere D) Eli Whitney 9 Slave codes were __________.A) laws in Southern states to control enslaved people B) secret communications between enslaved people C) maps of the Underground Railroad routes D) religious folk songs with hidden messages 10 __________ escaped slavery and then returned to the South 19 times to lead others to freedom.A) Sojourner Truth B) Nat Turner C) Harriet Tubman D) Frederick Douglass