REVIEW 8.4

8.4 COURSE ARC REVIEW

by Mr. W

​FOCUS & REVIEW...

​A)STEAM ENGINE INVENTIONS

​B)PANAMA CANAL

​C)MASS PRODUCTION

Before the Steamboat

Before steamboats, farmers built flatboats that floated downriver to carry their goods to sell.

Once they reached their destination, farmers sold the wood from their boats and then walked back home—sometimes over hundreds of miles—because the flatboats could not travel back upstream.

Multiple Choice

Why were flatboats difficult to use?

• they used too much coal for power.

• you could not sail them up a river.

It took sailing ships four days to make a 150 mile trip. A steamboat could complete the trip in only a day and a half. 

Multiple Choice

What was faster?

• steamboat

• flatboat

• horse

Multiple Choice

Why did construction of the Panama Canal become more important to the United States after the Spanish-American War?

• Congress realized that the key threat to national security came from South America.

• Spain had regained control of its former colonies near the canal route.

• The navy needed a faster way to move ships between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

The Automobile Age

During the 1920's, automobile ownership jumped from 8 million to 23 million.This was possible with the installment plans.

America quickly became a "car culture" where the lives of people revolved around the automobile.

The nations economy also revolved around the automobile.

Almost 4 million Americans worked for auto companies or in related jobs.

Multiple Choice

What did the nation's economy revolve around in the 1920's?

• The War

• The Automobile

• Farming

Henry Ford

• Pioneer in the manufacture of affordable automobiles

• Designed the Model T which was built using assembly line methods.

• 1914 - stunned the auto industry by paying his workers a high wage of $5 per day. Making his workers happy.

Multiple Select

What was henry for known for? (select all that apply)

• Created the Ford Motor Company

• Sold Apples

• Created the Model T automobile

• Built Railroads

• Invented the Assembly line for making cars.

The Assembly Line

• Allowed cars to be produced quickly.

• Parts moved on a conveyor belt.

• Workers attached the parts as the car moved past them at a steady speed of 6 feet per minute.

• The assembly line revolutionized the Auto making industry.

Multiple Choice

______ allowed cars to be produced quickly.

• Gas Engine

• Assembly Line

• Henry Ford

The Model T

• It was sturdy, inexpensive, reliable and only came in black.

• By 1924, the car sold for less than $300, which most families making $1300 a year could afford.

Open Ended

WHICH INNOVATION/INVENTION DO YOU THINK WAS MOST IMPORTANT? WHY?