Industry and innovation

How did the invention of Morse code impact the economic growth of the United States?

• The use of Morse code helped companies communicate and organize, increasing economic growth.

• The use of Morse code was expensive and difficult, slowing the economic growth of small businesses.

• The use of Morse code was regulated by the United States government, limiting its impact on economic growth.

• The use of Morse code was for private communications, limiting its impact on economic growth in the United States.

What was most responsible for connecting the farms of the Midwest to the dinner tables and factories of the eastern cities in the time period after the Civil War?

• steamboats

• transcontinental railroad

• cars

• canals

During the Industrial Revolution, the term "technology" referred to what factor other than the physical inventions created during that time?

• ideas of how to use new inventions

• finances used to pay for new inventions

• laws that protected new inventions

• profits made from new inventions

What device did Alexander Graham Bell create that changed communications forever?

• telephone
• telegraph
• Internet
• electrical services

The airplane was invented by:

• The Wright Brothers
• Thomas Edison
• Alexander Graham Bell
• Mercedes Benz

Who invented the telegraph in 1840?

• James Hargreaves
• John Deer
• Samuel Morse
• John Montressor

Explain the impact electricity had on factories.

• Factories had to close down early.
• Factories could remain open 24 hours a day.
• People began moving back to the countryside.
• People could only go to the factories in the morning.

Invented electric lightbulb

• Coach Webb
• Thomas Edison
• Coach Drummond
• Ben Franklin

Which of the following inventions was used on the Great Plains to contain cattle?

• steel plow
• reaper
• windmill
• barbed wire

Which inventions needs electricity?

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