Industrial Revolution Notes

Chapter 12.1 Notes

The Expansion of Industry

Poll

Which invention do you think is the most important to daily life?

• Steel

• Oil/Gasoline

• Light Bulb/ Electricity 

• Telephone

• Kerosene

Multiple Choice

Who used crude oil before American Settlers?

• European

• Africans

• Native Americans

• Asians

Multiple Choice

What did Edwin Drake use to drill for oil?

• Steam Engine

• Oil Well

• Oil Rig

• Derrick

Multiple Choice

What element is taken out of Iron to improve the product?

• Hydrogen

• Oxygen

• Carbon Dioxide

• Carbon

Multiple Choice

Who was the number one consumer of steel in the United States?

• Constructions

• Railroads

• Farm equipment

• Automobiles

Open Ended

What natural resources were most important to industrialization?

Multiple Choice

Read this sentence: Edison applied for a patent to protect each of his inventions. What is a patent?

• a kind of guard that would stand watch outside the lab

• a license that grants the right to invent something

• a document granting the right to make money from an invention

• a kind of case that would keep each invention from getting dirty 

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence: Edison was a curious boy who loved to ask questions and explore. What does curious mean?

• lonely

• bored

• eager to learn

• all of the above 

Multiple Choice

How did Alexander Graham Bell revolutionize communications?

• He invented the telephone.

• He invented the hearing aid.

• He invented the grain mill.

• He invented the television.

Multiple Choice

Who was influenced the most by the invention of the type writer?

• African Americans

• Native Americans

• Europeans

• Women