WorksheetsInventions
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What device did Alexander Graham Bell create that changed communications forever?
a)
telephone
b)
telegraph
c)
Internet
d)
electrical services
2.
The airplane was invented by:
a)
The Wright Brothers
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Alexander Graham Bell
d)
Mercedes Benz
3.
The Bessemer process, invented by Henry Bessemer, was created to produce...
a)
cotton
b)
peanuts
c)
steel
d)
electricity
4.
Who invented the telegraph in 1840?
a)
James Hargreaves
b)
John Deer
c)
Samuel Morse
d)
John Montressor
5.
Who invented the first automobile, assembly line?
a)
Cyrus McCormick
b)
Henry Ford
c)
Samuel Morse
d)
Alexander Graham Bell
6.
Explain the impact electricity had on factories.
a)
Factories had to close down early.
b)
Factories could remain open 24 hours a day.
c)
People began moving back to the countryside.
d)
People could only go to the factories in the morning.
7.
Invented electric lightbulb
a)
Coach Webb
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Coach Drummond
d)
Ben Franklin
8.
The assembly line allowed a much more efficient ______________ of goods.
a)
mass transportation
b)
mass production
9.
Rockefeller created Standard Oil Trust to
a)
protect small oil firms
b)
increase competition among oil refining companies
c)
control prices and practices in the oil refining business
d)
distribute donations to charitable causes
10.
The business practice used during the late 1800's to eliminate competition was
a)
developing overseas markets
b)
paying high wages to their workers
c)
forming monopolies or trusts
d)
increasing prices of their products
11.
Rockefeller, Carnegie and Morgan were sometimes called 'robber barons' because
a)
they robbed from the rich and gave to the poor
b)
they stole money from the government
c)
they made risky investments
d)
they used ruthless (cruel, uncaring) business practices
12.
Which of the following inventions brought an end to the open range on the Great Plains?
a)
steel plow
b)
reaper
c)
windmill
d)
barbed wire
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