Chapter 8 Study Guide

Who invented the telephone in 1876?

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

• Henry Ford

Who flew the first airplane from a hill at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina?

• Samuel Morse

• Henry Ford

• The Wright Brothers

How was mail delivered in the 1800s?

• by plane

• by horseback and wagon train

• by mail truck

Who invented the light bulb?

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Ben Franklin

Who invented the reaper?

• The Wright Brothers

• Gertrude Elion

• Cyrus Hall McCormick

Who invented a vaccine for polio?

• Louis Pasteur

• Jonas Salk

• Wright Brothers

This was made up of riders that rode 75 miles per day from St. Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California. This helped cut mail delivery time in half.

• Pony Express

• US Airline

• Transcontinental Railroad

Who invented the television?

• Edward Jenner

• Lewis Latimer

• A.A. Campbell Swinton

Who made milk safer to drink?

• Louis Pasteur

• Samuel Morse

• Jonas Salk

This linked the Eastern United States to the West. It also allowed people to travel more safely and more quickly across the US.

• Wagon trains

• Transcontinental Railroad

• The Model-T