Inventions Change Society

Who developed the first telephone and also experimented with teaching people with hearing impairments how to speak?

• Thomas Watson

• Samuel Morse

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Cyrus Field

What significant communication development did Samuel Morse contribute to in the 1830s?

• The telephone

• The telegraph

• The typewriter

• The adding machine

By what year did Americans in cities start driving cars and shopping by mail using electric lights?

• 1800

• 1876

• 1910

• 1899

What was the main advantage of telegrams over written communications delivered by hand?

• They were more expensive

• They could include photographs

• They offered almost instant communication over long distances

• They required physical delivery

Which invention by George Eastman made it easier and less costly to take photographs?

• The telephone

• The typewriter

• The adding machine

• The small box camera—Kodak

What was Thomas Edison's most important invention according to the text?

• Electric power transformer

• Phonograph

• Lightbulb

• Motion picture projector

What significant contribution did George Westinghouse make to the use of electricity?

• Invented the phonograph

• Developed the first workable lightbulb

• Built the first central electric power plant

• Designed power plants that could produce electricity over long distances

Who was responsible for inventing a mechanism for oiling machinery and an improved brake for railroads among other inventions?

• Thomas Edison

• George Westinghouse

• Lewis Howard Latimer

• Elijah McCoy

What was the main feature of the Model T introduced by Henry Ford in 1908?

• It was powered by electricity

• It was affordable and could be driven anywhere

• It was the first car to be built using assembly line methods

• It was the fastest car of its time

What industry did Jan E. Matzeliger revolutionize with his invention?

• Automobile industry

• Electric power industry

• Shoe industry

• Railroad industry