Week 21 Changes in Industry and Transportation

After the Civil War, people created inventions and found new ways of manufacturing products. Manufacturing means

• making

• packaging

• creating

_______ is a way to get natural gas from underground rock formations up to the surface.

• industrialization

• hydraulic fracturing

• segregation

Before the Civil War, most people made a living by

• manufacturing

• farming

• building

People used to make goods by hand, but after the Civil War _______ produced those goods.

• slaves

• managers

• machines

Samuel Morse invented the _______, which changed the way people sent and received information.

• telegraph

• telephone

• phonograph

Freed slaves could choose to live in the South or move to the North to work in factories.

• true

• false

Alexander Graham Bell invented the _______, which transmitted speech electronically.

• telegraph

• telephone

• phonograph

One positive effect of the railroads was

• American Indians were forced off their lands.

• Railcars carried goods and supplies across the country easily.

• Communication was much easier and faster than sending letters.

One negative effect of the railroads was

• American Indians were forced off their lands.

• Railcars carried goods and supplies across the country easily.

• Communication was much easier and faster than sending letters.

I designed and made the first automobiles in the country. I also perfected the assembly-line. Who am I?

• Elisha Gray

• Thomas Edison

• Henry Ford