Industrial Revolution

Henry Ford used the assembly line to mass produce which of the following?

• Skyscrapers

• Telephones

• Light bulbs

• Automobiles (cars)

Before the Civil war, the US economy was based on ____________________. After the Civil war, the US economy was based on the production of ____________________.

• manufactured goods, agriculture

• hard work, easy work

• making food, money

• agriculture, manufactured goods

Which system of transportation shipped raw goods to factories where they were turned to consumer goods?

• Electric Streetcar

• The Pony Express

• Wagon Train

• Transcontinental Railroad

What company came about as a result of the invention of the light bulb? This corporation is still around today.

• AT&T

• Verizon

• GE (General Electric)

• Samsung

Which of the following words best describes a separation of races (black and white)?

• Selection

• Segregation

• Federation

• Labor Union

Who was responsible for developing motorized flight

• Thomas Edison

• The Wright Brothers

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Samuel Morse

These laws segregated blacks and whites.

• Black Codes

• Amendments

• Civil laws

• Jim Crow Laws

Who invented the telegraph?

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Samuel Morse

• Thomas Edison

• Benjamin Franklin

How did Thomas Edison's light bulb promote economic growth?

• It allowed factories to stay open longer.

• It allowed people to communicate faster.

• It was really expensive to use.

• People liked kerosene lamps better so they bought more of those.

Which of the words describes a method of mass production in which all the parts of animals were processed and made into food for consumers to purchase

• assembly line

• monopoly

• dis-assembly line

• labor union