Industrial Revolution Review

1. How did the Transcontinental Railroad contribute to the changing economy in the East?

• People in the West could ship raw materials to the East.

• In the East, factories changed these raw materials into products.

• None of the above

• All of the above

• Products were shipped throughout the country.

What was the Bessemer Process?

• Materials moved down a belt to each worker. Each worker had a different job. It was used to change grains to cereal and mechanical parts into a car.

• The first inexpensive way to produce steel from iron ore

• Meat packers developed lines where hogs and cattle were killed and cut into steaks, chops, etc.

• A process where they made iron ore from steel

Who invented the telegraph?

• Samuel Morse

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• The Wright Brothers

Who invented the telephone?

• Samuel Morse

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• The Wright Brothers

Who invented the phonograph?

• Samuel Morse

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• The Wright Brothers

Who flew the first airplane in Kitty Hawk, NC?

• Samuel Morse

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• The Wright Brothers

Materials moved down a belt to each worker. Each worker had a different job. It was used to change grains to cereal and mechanical parts into a car. These sentences describe the ________________.

• Bessemer Process

• Assembly Line

• Dis-Assembly Line

• Assembly Process

Meat packers developed lines where hogs and cattle were killed and cut into steaks, chops, etc. This sentence describes the _________________.

• Bessemer Process

• Assembly Line

• Dis-Assembly Line

• Assembly Process

Which of the following is NOT a reason immigrants were pushed to the U.S.?

• Famine

• Religious persecution

• War/Violence

• Job opportunities

Why did many Americans discriminate against immigrants?

• They were afraid the immigrants would take their jobs

• They were afraid the immigrants wouldn’t learn the language.

• They thought immigrants wouldn’t know how to do the work.

• They thought they would lose their homes to immigrants.