Chapter 8

One effect of the expansion of the railroads was that

• the price of steel rose

• consumers had a great choice of low-cost products

• the population of the East declined

• horse-drawn carriages were no longer used

Charles Darwin's book, On the Origin of Species, was controcersial because it

• differed from the creation story in the Bible

• justified withholding welfare from the poor

• stated that all human diseases could be cured

• suggested there were patterns among elements in the periodic table

Which of the following was a significant factor in the expansion of the railroad system in the 1800s

• the discovery of electricity

• the invention of the Bessemer process

• production of the Model T

• preparation for the Paris Exhibition of 1900

Which of the following was a solution to scarce living and working space in cities

• the mechanization of industry

• the construction of subways

• the construction of skyscrapers

• the expansion of public education

how did the Model T differ from earlier automobile models

• it was luxurios

• it used electric power

• it was affordable

• it came in many bright colors

Which of the following individuals developed vaccines for anthrax and rabies

• Charles Darwin

• Louis Pasteur

• Crawford Long

• Albert Einstein

Who invented a divice to transmit the human voice electronically

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Albert Einstein

• Samuel Morse

• Wright

Who is credited with inventing the telegraph and a language for sending messages

• Samuel Morse

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Geglielmo Marconi

• Lowell

In the early 1900s Henry Ford built an affordable car known as the

• Model T

• radioactivity

• Lowell

• educated

The ________ brothers were the first to fly a powered airplane in sustained flight on December 17, 1903

• Wright

• Lowell

• Model T

• pasteurization