Inventors

He invented the telephone in 1876 in Boston, Massachusetts

• Thomas Edison
• Alexander Graham Bell
• George Washington Carver
• The Wright Brothers

He invented the electric light bulb in 1879 at his laboratory in New Jersey called Menlo Park.

• Thomas Edison
• Alexander Graham Bell
• George Washington Carver
• The Wright Brothers

Who invented the first airplane that could successfully hold a human and an engine in 1903.

• Alexander Graham Bell
• Thomas Edison
• George Washington Carver
• The Wright Brothers

How did Alexander Graham Bell change the world?

• He helped Southern Farmers live a better life
• He made it a lot easier for people to travel
• He made it  easier for people to communicate
• He made it easier to work at night and increased the amount of work that a person could do in a day.

How did Thomas Edison change the world?

• He made it easier to work at night and increased the amount of work that a person could do in a day
• He made it a lot easier for people to communicate
• He made it a lot easier for people to travel.
• He helped southern farmers live a better life

He started the Ford Motor Company.  He helped create the assembly line, and made the first car that a lot of people could afford to buy.

• Henry Ford
• John Ford
• Harry Ford
• James Ford

Who invented the famous cotton gin in the early 20th century?

• Eli Whitney

• Eli Young

• Abraham Lincoln

• Benjamin Franklin

A place where people and machines join together to mass produce goods.

• School
• Corporation
• Factory
• Urbanization

Before the Industrial Revolution all products were created by

• Factories
• Hand
• Slaves
• Royalty

What is the Bessemer process?

• Standardized rail gauges.

• Turns crude oil into standard oil.

• Turns iron to steel.

• Procedure for building skyscrapers.