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Samuel Slater built the first successful water-powered textile mill in America. True Samuel Slater False Samuel Slater came to America under a false name. True Samuel Slater False Moises Brown was Samuel Slater's investor and backer for the textile mills. True Samuel Slater False Robert Fulton invented a steamboat that could move against the current or a strong wind. True Robert Fulton False The name of Robert Fulton's steamboat was called the "Clairmonte." True Robert Fulton False The first steamboat was launced on the Hudson River. True Robert Fulton False Samuel F. B. Morse invented the telegraph. True Samuel F. B. Morse False The telegraph worked on short and long pulses of kinetic energy. True Samuel F. B. Morse False The telegraph brought the nation closer together. True Samuel F. B. Morse False Eli Whitney invented a machine for cleaning cotton called the "Cotton Gin." True Eli Whitney False The cotton gin helped set the South on a different course of development from the North. True Eli Whitney False Because of the cotton gin, the slave population grew. True Eli Whitney False Nat Turner was born on a plantation in Virginia. True Nat Turner False Nat Turner believed that God wanted him to free the slaves. True Nat Turner False After "Turner's Rebellion," slavery in the U.S. began to decline. True Nat Turner False True Henry Clay was a strong nationalist. Henry Clay False Henry Clay wanted to strengthen the country by seperating it's regions. True Henry Clay False Henry Clay introduced the Missouri Compromise to Congress. True Henry Clay False True James Monroe was the 5th U.S. President James Monroe False True James Monroe died on the 4th of July. James Monroe False James Monroe served 2 terms as President. True James Monroe False The Monroe Doctrine says the U.S. would stay out of European affairs. True Monroe Doctrine False The Monroe Doctrine showed the U.S. as a world power and protector of Latin America. True Monroe Doctrine False True John Quincy Adams wrote the Monroe Doctrine. Monroe Doctrine False The Missouri Compromise was Herny Clay's idea. True Missouri Compromise False The Missouri Compromise made Maine a free state and Missouri a free state. True Missouri Compromise False The Missouri Compromise kept the balance of power in the Senate between slave states and free states. True Missouri Compromise False |