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Industrial Revolution 1
Test Description: Inventions and Inventors of the Industrial Revolution
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What Industrial Revolution invention is characterized by assembly line mass production?
A
Telegraph
B
Airplane
C
Electric Light
D
Automobile
2) Which statement best describes the change in the United States\' economy during the Industrial Revolution?
A
The economy changed from one based on agriculture to one based on farming.
B
The economy changed from one based on industry to one based on farming.
C
The economy changed from one based on farming to one based on agriculture.
D
The economy changed from one based on agriculture to one based on industry.
3) How did the transcontinental railroad contribute to the Industrial Revolution?
A
The railroad led to the creation of skyscrapers in boomtowns of the West.
B
The railroad encouraged immigrants to move to the east.
C
The railroad did not contribute to the Industrial Revolution.
D
The railroad shipped raw materials, like grain and iron ore, to cities so they could be processed.
4) This communication invention used Morse Code to relay messages:
A
The telegraph
B
The telephone
C
The light bulb
D
The phonograph
5) The telephone was invented in 1876 and was eventuall found in almost every home. Who invented the telephone?
A
Alexander Graham Bell
B
Samuel Morse
C
Thomas Edison
D
Orville Wright
6) How did the light bulb promote economic growth?
A
It made it easier to communicate over long distances.
B
It made travel faster and more efficient.
C
It made it necessary for people to live close to where they worked.
D
It made it possible to light factories more safely than kerosene lamps and candles.
7) Which two inventions were developed by Thomas Edison?
A
Transatlantic cable and light bulb
B
Steam engine and light bulb
C
Gasoline engine and light bulb
D
Phonograph and light bulb
8) Whose flying machine flew for 12 seconds at Kitty hawk, NC, and led to the beginning of the aircraft industry?
A
William E. Boeing
B
The Wright Brothers
C
The Duryea Brothers
D
Alexander Graham Bell
9) Which of the following inventors is associated with the invention of the sewing machine?
A
Christopher Shoals
B
Henry Ford
C
Thomas Edison
D
Isaac Singer
10) Which of the following inventors had the most US patents during his lifetime?
A
Henry Ford
B
Elias Howe
C
The Wright Brothers
D
Thomas Edison
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