Unit 9 Review

Unit 9 Review

Immigration, Industrialization, and Inventions

Inventions

We will cover a couple of people and inventions

Thomas Edison

He created

Phonograph

Lightbulb

Motion Picture Camera

Multiple Select

Thomas Edison invented...

• Phonograph

• Telegraph

• Lightbulb

• Camera

George Washington Carver

Invented over 100 different uses for the peanut

Because of Carver's contributions, farmers had more choice of crops to grow

Multiple Choice

What did George Washington Carver do?

• Build Railroads

• Gave Speeches

• Grew and studied peanuts

• Worked in Office

Multiple Choice

How did George Washington Carver help farmers?

• He gave them new crops to grow

• He gave them lots of peanuts

• He gave them new recipes

• He gave them new ways to manufacture peanuts

Wilbur and Orville Wright

Aka The Wright Brothers

Contributed to the aviation field and built the first plane to fly

Multiple Choice

Who built the first plane?

• The Green Brothers

• The Smith Brothers

• The Edison Brothers

• The Wright Brothers

Alexander Graham Bell

Invented the first telephone which he is holding in this picture

This allowed for people to communicate over long distances

Multiple Choice

Who created this invention?

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Orville Wright

• Robert Fulton

Multiple Choice

The telephone helped with...

• Traveling Faster

• Providing new farming methods

• Providing better jobs

• Communicating over a long distance

The Radio

When the radio was first invented, it's use was to provide entertainment to people.

It also provided opportunities for companies to advertise their products over the radio

Multiple Choice

Why was the radio important for companies?

• To provide information about their company

• To advertise their products

• To tell people all about the problems of the company

• To encourage people to vote

Transportation

Transportation helped people travel farther

It allowed for people to work farther away and go on trips to places

Multiple Choice

What is one way transportation helped people?

• It helped people travel farther for work

• It helped people swim

• It helped people farm

• It helped people fly

Women Leaders

Susus B. Anthony was leader that helped women gain the right to vote

Multiple Choice

What did Susan B. Anthony do for women?

• Gave them Clothes

• Gave them Money

• Gave them the right to vote

• Gave them food

Immigration

• Millions of immigrants came into America during the 20th century.

• This caused cities to be overcrowded due to amount of people moving into the cities.

• When immigrants moved to the midwest, they found job opportunities in farming.

• Many immigrants made a living starting small businesses in the United States.

Multiple Choice

Immigrant farmers were living in what part of the United States?

• Northeast

• Midwest

• Southwest

• Southeast

Multiple Choice

Many immigrants found opportunities where?

• Ellis Island

• Going back to their own country

• Starting small businesses

• Serving in the military

Multiple Choice

What was a result of immigration?

• Overcrowding of Cities

• Cleaner Cities

• Immigrants became wealthy

• They adapted well in American

Urbanization/Industrialization

Transportation had a big impact on urbanization in the U.S.

People built roads so you could get from city to city

The assembly line contributed to increased mass production in America

Labor Day was a holiday created to celebrate workers and give them a day off

Multiple Choice

What contributed to urbanization in America?

• Agricultural

• Shipping

• Communication

• Transportation

Multiple Choice

What helped increase mass production in the United States?

• Farming tools

• Phonograph

• Aviation

• Assembly Line

Multiple Choice

What holiday takes place to celebrate workers?

• Independence Day

• Inauguration Day

• Labor Day

• St. Patrick's Day

Free Enterprise System

• The Free Enterprise System was growing due to business being allowed to form corporations.

• A benefit is that someone from the bottom can work they way up to a successful position in the company

• Because the increase of agriculture was high, they increased the amount of agricultural products they were making.

Multiple Choice

What was a benefit of the free enterprise system?

• People could work their way up in the company

• The government would give people money

• Anyone could get a top job just by applying

• none of the above

Multiple Choice

The increased demand in agriculture led to

• Decrease in agriculture

• Increase in agriculture

Multiple Choice

The rapid growth of the Free Enterprise was because...

• The government would give money to people

• People would be very wealthy

• Business could become corporations

• Government had strict rules about how to do things