2nd Industrial Revolution and Inventors

Which of the following inventions revolutionized technology and sparked the Industrial Revolution?

• the loom

• the steam engine

• the lightbulb

• the telephone

What group of people gained power because they began investing their money into technology?

• the Parliament

• the Ghost Riders

• the Bourgeois

• the commoners

Why were people relocating throughout England and the Americas in the late 1700s and early 1800s?

• to be a part of the abolitionists movement

• to find a new religion to practice

• to find better schools for their children

• to find better jobs in factories

How did the worker's strike and unions make the workplace better? Select three correct answers

• they lowered the amount of time workers were required to work each day

• they made the workplace have safer conditions like better lighting and better and safer equipment

• they helped the bosses get more power and control over the workers

• they began to stop allowing children to work in. dangerous factories

• they ensured that children get the same pay as adults on jobs

How did the government help the businesses owners during the Second Industrial Revolution?

• the government forced people to work in the businesses by law

• the government did not require the business owners to pay taxes

• the government provided money to the business owners to help them to keep the economy stay strong

• the government did not help the business owners at all

Who was the inventor of the telephone?

• Albert Einstein

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

• Samuel Slater

The telephone was invented while trying to help __________________.

• children play

• to create electricity

• to help the deaf

• people spy on their neighbors

What disability did Thomas Edison have?

• he was deaf in one ear

• he was blind in one eye

• he had one leg

• he had one hand

How many inventions did Thomas Edison make?

• about 10

• about 100

• about 1000

• about 1 million

What was Thomas Edison's most famous invention?

• the sailboat

• the telegraph

• the lightbulb

• the telephone