Chapter 20 Lesson 3 & 4 - Inventions/ Labor

The telephone was invented by ​ (a)  

• Alexander Graham Bell
• Thomas Edison
• George Westinghouse

George Westinghouse, an (a)   , invented the ​ (b)  

• American entrepreneur
• railway air brake
• German scientist
• telephone
• Swiss inventor
• light bulb

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Inventions of Thomas Edison

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(b) Creations of Alexander Graham Bell

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(c) Creations of Henry Ford

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George Eastman invented the first light-weight ​ (a)  

• camera
• telescope
• microscope

In 1866, Cyrus Fields ran an underwater ​ (a)   ​ ​ under the Atlantic Ocean.

• telegraph line
• submarine cable
• underwater tunnel

The Transatlantic Cable allowed for faster communication between the ​ (a)   and ​ (b)  

• United States
• Europe
• Asia
• Africa
• Australia
• South America

​ (a)   invented the ​ (b)   , which helped the meatpacking industry.

• Gustavus Swift
• refrigerator railcar
• Thomas Edison
• Henry Ford
• railroad

Orville and Wilbur Wright flew the first successful ​ (a)   in December 17th, 1903.

• airplane
• helicopter
• boat

How was the workplace changing?​ ​ (a)   ​ ​ (b)   ​ ​ (c)   ​

• Urbanization- leaving farms and moving to cities
• mainly native born white men
• minority groups were paid less
• People were moving to the farms to work
• Native Americans were being paid more

In the late 1800's there were ​ (a)   factories and the worker/boss relationship ​ (b)  

• large
• declined
• small
• improved