DFE Industrial Revolution

How long did the Wright Brothers' first flight last?

• 12 Seconds

• 20 Seconds

• 32 Seconds

• 1 Minute

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

Alexander Graham Bell invented the

• Telegraph

• Telephone

• Light Bulb

• Airplane

Samuel Morse's invention helped ______________ communicate.

• Hospitals

• Schools

• Railroads

• Power Stations

This man used the Bessemer process to help produce steel at the lowest possible price.

• Thomas Edison

• John Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• JP Morgan

Sweatshops are

• Clothing factories

• Hot, cramped workshops

• Dangerous places to work

• All of the above

These organizations tried to improve working conditions for workers

• Political Bosses

• Labor Unions

• Political Machines

• Farmers

When workers refuse to go to work due to poor working conditions it is called a

• Picket

• Strike

• Day off

• Stink

Andrew Carnegie was a _____________ tycoon.

• Steel

• Oil

• Water

• Bank

J.P. Morgan bought _____________ and turned it into US Steel.

• Telephone

• Carnegie Steel Company

• Rockefeller Steel Company

• Airplanes