The Industrial Revolution

What did Thomas Newcomen invent?

• An airplane.

• The cotton gin.

• The steam engine.

• The paper mill.

Alexander Graham Bell invented the ______ .​ ​

• telephone

• telegraph

• assembly line

• radio

Who created vulcanized rubber?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Wilbur and Orville Wright

• Thomas Edison

• Charles Goodyear

Because the __________ was built, more people were able to travel from the East Coast to the West Coast without changing forms of transportation.

• airplane

• buildings

• transcontinental railroad

• Erie Canal

New York became _________ because the Erie Canal connected the Great Lakes to Lake Erie near New York City.

• a ghost town

• a building

• more important

• richer

What was the purpose of most inventions used in factories during the Industrial Revolution?

• a. To make work easier for workers.

• b. To make life harder for farmers.

• c. To create more free time.

• d. To make work more efficient and make more money.

Which of the following inventions was the earliest?

• a. barbed wire

• b. steam engine

• c. radio

• d. incandescent lightbulb

Which of the following inventions was not created for agriculture?

• a. assembly line

• b. steel plow

• c. grain elevator

• d. mechanical reaper

Which of the following was a benefit of using incandescent lightbulbs in homes?

• a. fewer house fires

• b. more electricity

• c. more strain on the eyes

• d. no heat from the bulbs

Which of the following did not have to be invented first so that we could have modern cars?

• a. vulcanized rubber

• b. steam engine

• c. incandescent lightbulb

• d. internal combustion engine