Unit 1 Industrial Revolution

New inventions made communication and transportation _____.

• faster

• slower

• no effect

Thomas Edison invented the ____.

• refrigerated RR car

• telegraph

• telephone

• light bulb and electricity power plant

Alexander Graham Bell invented the ____.

• refrigerated RR car

• telegraph

• telephone

• airplane

• Model T (assembly line car)

Samuel Morse invented the ____.

• Model T (assembly line car)

• telegraph

• telephone

• light bulb and electricity power plant

• airplane

Gustavus Swift invented the ____.

• refrigerated RR car

• airplane

• telephone

• light bulb and electricity power plant

Orville and Wilber Wright invented the ____.

• refrigerated RR car

• airplane

• telephone

• light bulb and electricity power plant

A ____ factor for urbanization (movement to cities from rural areas) was jobs.

• Push

• Pull

• Sweep

• Fear

True or False: The assembly line created a large number of unskilled labor jobs in cities.

• True

• False

True or False: An advantage of mass production (on an assembly line) is that there were interchangeable parts to fix products available.

• True

• False

Which of the following was NOT a disadvantage of urbanization?

• overcrowding

• sanitation issues

• jobs