(ch3/ L5) Changing Technology

Which development powered labor saving devices in the home?

• electrification
• natural gas pipelines
• windmills
• new coal mining techniques

Who was responsible for manufacturing automobiles on a moving assembly line, making them affordable for the average American?

• Lucy Paul

• Booker T. Washington
• W.E.B. DuBois
• Henry Ford

How did the new affordability of automobiles change American life in the 1920s?

• Many people moved to the cities.
• There were new jobs and greater mobility.
• More railroads were built.
• Pollution decreased in the cities.

What happened to Model T Ford prices from 1911 to 1915?

• prices rose steadily
• prices remained stable
• prices fell continuously
• regular people could not afford Model T

The oil, road construction, and steel industries grew as a result of ________.

• affordable automobiles
• broadcast industry
• affordable radios
• electrification

Washing machines, water heaters, and electric ovens were some of the changes to American life which happened due to ___.

• affordable automobiles
• affordable radios
• the broadcast industry
• electrification

The new type of ____ introduced in the late 1920s were called "talkies".

• radio shows
• television shows
• movies
• gas stations

In the 1920s, communication improved in America due to movies, radio, and ___.

• television
• telephones
• tariffs
• T Model Fords

_____ such as washing machines, water heaters, and electric ovens became common in American homes because of electrification.

• labor saving devices
• improvements in communication
• car jobs
• civil rights