Industrial Revolution: Inventions

What invention was developed by Samuel Morse?

• Telegraph

• Spinning Mule

• Steam Engine

• Sewing Machine

• Light Bulb

What process allowed steel to be mass-produced at a lower cost?

• Edison Process

• Assembly Process

• Bessemer Process

• Watt Process

• Singer Process

What did Alexander Graham Bell Invent?

• Elevator

• Telephone

• Railroad

• Light Bulb

• Sewing Machine

Trains were one of the most important modes of Transportation during the Industrial Revolution.

• True

• False

• Maybe

Who invented the first practiced incandescent light bulb?

• Henry Ford

• James Watt

• Eli Whitney

• James Hargreaves

• Thomas Edison

What was the purpose of this invention during the Industrial Revolution?

• Increased production levels, allowed for the mass production of products efficiently.

• The steam locomotive allowed for people, supplies, and goods to move across the country much faster.

• Enabled long-distance communication.

• Allowed for the cost to transport goods to decrease, and for a tourist industry to develop.

Who designed and built a gasoline powered airplane?

• Duryea Brothers

• Wright Brothers

• Orville Brothers

• Westinghouse Brothers

Who patented the telephone?

• Henry Bessemer

• George Pullman

• Thomas Alva Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

The assembly line technique was used to mass produce the automobile pictured above. What name is most associated with this innovation?

• Henry Ford

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• Jonas Salk

• Henry Bessemer

New inventions such as the steel plow and the stem engine brought America

• goods produced more efficiently
• gigher cost of goods
• new competition between rival makers
• items too expensive to purchase