Inventors and Inventions

Which inventor created the first working lightbulb?

• Samuel Morse

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Lewis Latimer

• Henry Ford

Which inventor created the first working telephone?

• Samuel Morse

• Wilbur and Orville Wright

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Lewis Latimer

• Henry Ford

Which inventor improved the light bulb?

• Samuel Morse

• Wilbur and Orville Wright

• Thomas Edison

• Lewis Latimer

• Henry Ford

Which inventor created the airplane?

• Samuel Morse

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Wilbur and Orville Wright

• Henry Ford

Which inventor created the Model T. automobile?

• Samuel Morse

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Lewis Latimer

• Henry Ford

Which inventor created the telegraph?

• Samuel Morse

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Lewis Latimer

• Wilbur and Orville Wright

How did the telegraph further the Industrial Revolution?

• The telegraph helped manufacture more goods.

• The telegraph helped further the Industrial Revolution by preventing work accidents.

• The telegraph helped to promote communication between businesses, workers, and families.

• The telegraph helped people have fun using the Morse Code.

The telephone improved communication even more than the telegraph. Now business and homes could communicate quickly and easily. Why did telephones catch on so quickly? (Pick 2 Answers)

• The telephone was less expensive and more people could afford to buy them.

• Telephones were easier to use because people didn't have to learn a special code to understand the message.

• The telephone was easier to carry around than the telegraph machine.

• The telephone make it harder for people to get messages out West.

• The telephone was more expensive and no one was able to buy them.

What was the problem with Edison's first light bulb?

• It did not last but for a few days.

• It lasted for over a year.

• It was too expensive to make.

• It got too hot and burned people.

• It would turn off and on sporadically.

Whose work in the late 1800s helped feed the growing population of the United States?

• Thomas Edison

• Samuel Morse

• Alexander Graham Bell

• George Washington Carver