The Industrial Revolution Review

In the late 1800s, a large number of farm workers moved to the cities. Many of them had lost their jobs due to...

• ...the immigrants who took their jobs.

• ...the use of slaves on plantations.

• ...the development of farm machinery.

• ...the drought that had destroyed crops.

What did the invention of the telegraph allow people to do for the first time?

• send a message almost instantly from a great distance

• hear someone's voice who is standing many miles away

• send a message across the country in a week's time

• see an object clearly that is many miles in the distance

The transcontinental railroad improved industry by making it easier to ...

• travel west.
• ship raw materials.
• find gold.
• become a conductor.

Grains shipped from farms on the Great Plains to giant mills became...

• pork chops.
• paper.
• cereal.
• steel.

What method did Henry Ford use to increase his company's production of automobiles?

• assembly line
• Bessemer process
• Carnegie line
• Ford process

Which invention of the Industrial Revolution had the greatest impact on steel beam construction.

• assembly line

• Bessemer Process

• combustion engine

• Morse code

Who invented the telegraph?

• Samuel Adams
• Samuel Morse
• Thomas Edison
• Alexander Graham Bell

Who invented the telephone?

• Samuel Morse
• Alexander Graham Bell
• Thomas Edison
• Andrew Carnegie

How did the telegraph help the railroads?

• improved communication
• made them faster
• did not help at all
• used it to call people

The invention of the telephone provided job opportunities for women in what field?

• sewing
• flight control
• telephone operator
• military work