Inventions of the Time

Before inventing the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell was a teacher for __________.

• the deaf

• the blind

• gifted children

Thomas Edison's nickname was __________.

• the Wizard of Wall Street

• the Wizard of Inventions

• the Wizard of Menlo Park

What production method did Henry Ford develop, which made his automobiles cheaper and easier to build?

• the hand-crafted method

• the build-at-home method

• the assembly line method

Which inventor invented the refrigerated railroad car for shipping fresh meat?

• Clarence Birdseye

• Peter McDonald

• Gustavus Swift

Which of the following did Thomas Edison not invent?

• light bulb

• automobile

• phonograph

• kinetograph

Who invented the first lightweight camera?

• George Eastman

• Frederick Seymour Kodak

• Edwin Land

Who supervised the laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cable in 1858, and the second in 1866?

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Cyrus Field

• Thomas A. Edison

Whom did Alexander Graham Bell speak to in the first test of his new telephone?

• his mother

• Thomas Edison in New Jersey

• his assistant, Mr. Watson, in the next room

During what period of time did hundreds of new inventions change the lives of everyone in the United States?

• the late 1700s and early 1800s

• the mid-1800s

• the late 1800s and early 1900s

• the mid-1900s

What new product changed the transportation industry as much as the railroad had fifty years earlier?

• steel-hulled ocean liners

• elevators

• airplanes

• gasoline-powered automobiles