Industrial Revolution Inventions

Industrial Revolution Inventions

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8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What new power technology was used by Robert Fulton to power boats?

Electricity

Steam

Gasoline

Wind

Nuclear

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What invention was developed by Samuel Morse?

Telegraph

Spinning Mule

Steam Engine

Sewing Machine

Light Bulb

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What process allowed steel to be mass-produced at a lower cost?

Edison Process

Assembly Process

Bessemer Process

Watt Process

Singer Process

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What was the purpose of the Telegraph during the Industrial Revolution?

Increased production levels, allowed for the mass production of products efficiently.

The steam locomotive allowed for people, supplies, and goods to move across the country much faster.

Enabled long-distance communication.

Allowed for the cost to transport goods to decrease, and for a tourist industry to develop.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

A machine invented by John Deere that could plow through thick soil so people could now farm in the Midwest

Steel Plow

McCromick Reaper

Turbine

Phonograph

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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This invention allowed parts to be exchanged or repaired. Also helped assembly lines become efficient by hiring unskilled laborers

Interchangeable Parts

Telegraph

Steel Plow

Railroad

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The Bessemer Steel Process affected westward expansion in the United States by enabling.......

Railroads to be built in order to carry people and goods westward

Conestoga wagons to be built in order to carry people and goods to the west

Interstate canal systems were built to transport goods

Clipper ships were built to ship goods across the atlantic.

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