Second Industrial Revolution

Select the best definition of "Industry".

• the production of manufactured goods

• the trading of manufactured goods

• owning a cleaning company

• making your own products at home

What is an Industrial Revolution?

• When workers are so mad at their boss that they overthrow the company

• When a society changes from industry-based to agriculture-based

• When a society changes from agriculture-based to industry-based

What is the system of how money is made and used?

• assembly line

• economy

• industry

• time zones

What is a patent?

• An invention by Nikola Tesla

• The early form of the battery

• The standard width of railroad tracks

• The document that gives an inventor the sole legal right to that invention.

This is considered Thomas Edison's most important invention and allowed industry to work after sundown.

• telegraph

• lightbulb

• phonograph

• motion picture projector

Which of the following is NOT true about Henry Ford's Assembly Line?

• Each worker performed one or two tasks over and over

• Production was faster and cheaper

• Since the price of cars dropped so much, many more people could buy them

• A highly skilled worker created one product at a time and worked on it until finished

Finish the sentence: Railroads contributed to the growth of other industries such as iron, coal, lumber, and _________.

• wool

• paper

• steel

• compressed gas

We talked about 4 railroad inventions such as air brakes, car couplers, refrigeration, and __________________

• Pullman sleeping and dining cars

• Wi-Fi

• saddle stirrups

• electric transformer

Which industry created standard time zones?

• steel

• coal

• lumber

• railroads

This railroad was completed in 1869 and connected the east and west coasts.

• Transformer

• Transcontinental

• Underground

• The Polar Express