Quiz on Urbanization and Inventions

What is urbanization?

• A widespread starvation

• The denial of equal rights to certain groups of people

• The growth of cities due to people moving from rural areas to cities

• A device that used an electric signal to send messages

Who invented the telegraph?

• Samuel F.B. Morse

• Eli Whitney

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

Who were the nativists?

• People who wanted to preserve the country for white, American Protestants

• Inventors of the telegraph

• People who moved from rural areas to cities

• People who faced discrimination

Why were people moving from rural areas to cities?

• To escape famine

• To find better job opportunities

• To avoid discrimination

• To become nativists

List several problems cities faced.

• Overcrowding, pollution, and lack of sanitation

• Famine, telegraph issues, and discrimination

• Urbanization, nativism, and mechanical reaper problems

• Sewing machine malfunctions, telegraph issues, and famine

Who invented the mechanical reaper?

• Cyrus McCormick

• Samuel F.B. Morse

• Eli Whitney

• Alexander Graham Bell

What did the mechanical reaper do?

• It harvested crops more efficiently

• It sent messages using electric signals

• It sewed clothes automatically

• It preserved food during famines

Who invented the sewing machine?

• Elias Howe

• Samuel F.B. Morse

• Cyrus McCormick

• Eli Whitney

Who made improvements to the sewing machine?

• Isaac Singer

• Samuel F.B. Morse

• Cyrus McCormick

• Eli Whitney

What was a major effect of urbanization?

• Growth of cities

• Invention of the telegraph

• Increase in famines

• Rise of nativism