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WorksheetsUSII.6A New Developments That Changed American Life
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which development contributed strongly with powering labor-saving devices in the home?
a)
Windmills
b)
Natural Gas
c)
Generators
d)
Electrification
2.
Which of the following is NOT an example of how life in the 1920s was affected by electrification?
a)
A child pushing the light switch
b)
A woman using a washing machine
c)
A young girl building a fire
d)
A family listening to the radio
3.
Who was responsible for creating automobiles on a moving assembly line and making the automobile more affordable for the average American?
a)
John and Horace Dodge
b)
Henry Ford
c)
Louis Cheverolet
d)
David Dunbar Buick
4.
During the 1920s, why did a new automobile cost less than automobiles produced prior to World War I?
a)
Government price controls on automobiles
b)
A minimum-wage law for industrial workers
c)
Competition from low-priced imports
d)
Mass-production techniques in factories
5.
One major advantage of the assembly line was that it increased the —
a)
cost of production
b)
prices of goods
c)
speed of production
d)
wages of workers
6.
Which of the following is NOT a technological advance of the 1920s that has affected American life to the present day?
a)
Discovery of the neutron
b)
Mobility through more affordable automobiles
c)
Communication through telephones, radios, and movies
d)
Electrification of American homes
7.
In the 1920s which new forms of entertainment became available to many Americans?
a)
Radio and movies
b)
Television and newspapers
c)
Books and magazines
d)
Advertising and telephones
8.
Whose innovation is pictured here?
a)
Andrew and Thomas Carnegie
b)
Wilbur and Orville Wright
c)
Thomas and William Edison
d)
Henry and Edsel Ford
9.
What is the method in which workers stay in one place as products move along on a moving belt?
a)
production
b)
automated systems
c)
mechanization
d)
moving assembly line
10.
All of the following were changing developments in American communication in the 1920s EXCEPT —
a)
the movie industry
b)
development of the radio
c)
the building of telegraph lines
d)
increased availability of telephones
11.
Which of these would NOT be a LABOR saving electrical appliance from the 1930's
a)
batteryless radio
b)
Hoover vacuum cleaner
c)
electric sewing machine
d)
electric oven
12.
Who invented the first telephone in 1876?
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Wilbur Wright
c)
Nikola Tesla
d)
Alexander G. Bell
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