Industrial Revolution Review

Who invented the spinning jenny, which allowed one spinner to work eight threads at a time?

• Samuel Crompton

• Richard Arkwright

• James Hargreaves

• John Kay

Which American inventor invented the cotton gin in 1793?

• Robert Fulton

• James Watt

• George Stephenson

• Eli Whitney

Who is credited with the invention of the steam-powered locomotive?

• Richard Arkwright

• James Watt

• Richard Trevithick

• George Stephenson

Which of the following inventors had nothing to do with the invention or improvement of the electric light bulb?

• Michael Faraday

• Joseph Swan

• Thomas Edison

• Lewis Latimer

Who is credited with the invention of the telegraph in 1837?

• Samuel Morse

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Guglielmo Marconi

• Rudolf Diesel

Which German engineer invented the first gasoline-powered internal-combustion engine in 1885?

• Gottlieb Daimler

• Rudolf Diesel

• Henry Ford

• Wilbur Wright

Which of the following people used the assembly line and interchangeable parts to make the world's first mass-produced and affordable car?

• Wilbur Wright

• Henry Ford

• Rudolf Diesel

• Karl Benz

Who created the "flying machine" or airplane?

• Henry Ford

• Gottlieb Daimler

• Richard Trevithick

• Wilbur and Orville Wright

Who is credited with the invention of the telephone in 1876?

• Rudolf Diesel

• Guglielmo Marconi

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Samuel Morse

Which English engineer opened the first railroad line?

• George Stephenson

• Richard Trevithick

• Richard Arkwright

• James Watt