What term means the ideas of how to use new inventions?

• capital

• labor

• technology

• production

Who improved the assembly line?

• Henry Ford

• Samuel Morse

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander G. Bell

Following the Civil War, how did the economy change?

• It shifted from trade to agricultural

• It shifted from manufacturing to agricultural

• It shifted from agricultural to maufacturing

• The economy didn't change.

What role did the government play in the building of the railroad?

• They wanted other countries to pay for it.

• They supported the construction of the railroad.

• They did not support the railroad.

• The government wanted private investors to pay for it.

Which inventions impacted women by providing new job opportunities for them?

• The streetcar, the telephone, the railroad

• The telephone, sewing machine, the typewriter

• The Bessemer Process, the telegraph, the sewing machine

• The sewing machine, the typewriter, the dis-assembly line

Which invention is Thomas Edison responsible for?

• The typewriter

• The telegraph

• The assembly line

• The light bulb

How did the streetcar change life in the cities?

• It forced people to live closer to factories in order to access public transportation

• It made it possible for people to move out of cities and commute to work

• It encouraged wealthier people to buy homes in the inner city

• It reduced the gap between rich and poor since they had access to the same transportation

How did the population of European immigrants change in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

• Most immigrants came from northern and western Europe

• Most immigrants came from southern and eastern Europe

• The number of European immigrants decreased.

• The number of European immigrants increased.

What damaged relations with Japan in California?

• They closed trading ports

• Labor laws were passed

• Schools were segregated

• They fired them from railroad jobs

How did public school effect immigrants?

• Schools put an end to large level of immigration

• Schools helped teach new immigrants American culture

• Schools helped end industrialization and invention

• Scools prevented new immigrants from advancing