Quiz on pp. 148 - 163

Trolleys were developed to help navigate crowded cities. What are trolleys?

• A train to an imaginary land

• Streetcars that run on tracks

• A flying train

• A new type of bus

As the transportation changed, sanitation also improved. What is sanitation?

• The keeping up of sewage systems

• The collection of trash

• The cleaning of streets 

• All of the above

As cities grew settlement houses were developed. What are settlement houses? 

• Houses given to American Indians who had been removed from their land

• New housing developments for people moving into town

• Groups that provided services to immigrants and others living in cities.

• Houses made for immigrants

Inventors in Ohio had many innovations. What is an innovation?

• A new idea, method or device

• New hotels

• A new type of car

• Laboratories

With new creations there needed to be patents. What is a patent?

• A way of comforting someone

• A new type of tent

• An official document that gives an inventor the only right to make, sell or use his or her invention

• A document that identifies who created something

Inventors have laboratories. What is a laboratory?

• A building or room where experiments take place

• The sink where an inventor washes their hands after work

• A place to eat away from experiments

• A room above their house where inventors worked

Who made the first long-lasting incandescent light bulb?

• Thomas Edison

• Charles F. Kettering

• Alexander Winton

• Harvey Firestone 

Who made inventions that improved railroad safety?

• Granville T. Woods

• Charles F. Brush

• Garrett Morgan

• Alexander Winton

Who made electric streetlights?

• Granville T. Woods

• Charles F. Brush

• Garrett Morgan

• Alexander Winton

Who made traffic lights and gas masks?

• Granville T. Woods

• Charles F. Brush

• Garrett Morgan

• Alexander Winton