Inventors and the Impact of Big Business

What is a consumer?

• A consumer is someone who buys goods or services for personal use.
• A consumer is an individual who only uses services without purchasing anything.
• A consumer is someone who produces goods for sale.
• A consumer is a person who sells products to others.

What was a telegraph used for?

• For sending telegrams only in the United States.

• To transmit images over long distances.

• For local communication between neighbors
• A telegraph was used to send messages quickly.

Who invented the typewriter?

• Henry Ford
• Alexander Graham Bell
• Thomas Edison
• Christopher Latham Sholes

What inventions did Thomas Edison develop?

• Radio, phonograph, telegraph

• Phonograph, light bulb, power station.

• Steam engine, transatlantic cable, Morse Code

• Telegraph, phonograph, light bulb

Who is responsible for placing the first gasoline engine inside a car?

• The Wright Brothers

• Rudolf Diesel
• Charles Duryea

• Henry Ford

Why did the Wright Brothers experiment with kites?

• To see the effect of the wind on an object.

• To develop a new fabric for kites
• To compete in kite flying contests
• To study how wings worked.

When did the Wright Brothers successfully fly their invention?

• December 13, 1903

• August 15, 1908
• December 17, 1903

• July 4, 1905

What was done at a telephone exchange?

• Messages were delivered.
• Voicemails were recorded.
• Calls were connected and routed on a switchboard

• Messages were sent through Morse Code.

What effect did the telephone have on America?

• It let people send messages through Morse Code.

• It let people communicate instantly and directly?

• It let people stay out of touch.

• It let people travel from place to place.

Who invented the Transatlantic Cable and in what year was it invented?

• Alexander Graham Bell, 1881
• Cyrus Field in 1866

• Christopher Sholes 1867

• Thomas Edison, 1875