The Second Industrial Revolution and the Growth of Cities

In the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, more people moved from

• Farms to cities

• Cities to farms

The center of US steel production starting in the mid 1800's

• Kitty Hawk, NC

• Pittsburgh, PA

Site of the first aircraft flight.

• Kitty Hawk, NC

• Pittsburgh, PA

Traveling long distances on land and water took a lot of time. What invention helped with this?

• Wright Brothers

• telephone

• electric light bulb

• airplane

People could only communicate face to face or through mail, which was slow. What invention helped?

• Electric light bulb

• Airplane

• Telephone

Candles were expensive and produced only a small amount of light. Which invention helped?

• Airplane

• Electric light bulb

• Telephone

• Thomas Edison

Who invented the airplane?

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Ghram Bell

• Henry Ford

• Wright Brothers

Who invented the telephone?

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

• Wright Brothers

• Henry Ford

Who improved the electric light bulb?

• Thomas Edison

• Wright Brothers

• Henry Ford

• Alexander Graham Bell

How did mass production on assembly lines help U.S. citizens as well as the country as a whole? (Choose 2)

• It created jobs

• It put craftsmen out of business.

• It allowed people to buy more things inexpensively.

• It created products that might not be purchased.