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Industrial Revolution 2

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who Invented The Telegraph?

a)

Samual Morse

b)

Don McLean

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Stevie Wonder

2.

What city had an advantage because the Erie Canal?

a)

New York

b)

New Jersey

c)

Ohio

d)

Michigan

3.

Congress finally agreed to pay to have a telegraph system ran from _________ to _________.

a)

Baltimore to Washington

b)

Washington to Virginia

c)

Virginia to South Carolina

4.

What changed the way that news and information was spread?

a)

The telephone

b)

The Telegraph

c)

The railroad

d)

The Mill

5.

What did Elisha Otis invent?

a)

Play station 3

b)

A rocket

c)

Elevators' breaks

d)

An elevator

6.

Henry Bessemer __________ a way to turn _________ into steel.

(a)  

7.

This invention helped architects design taller buildings. It allowed people to travel vertically from a floor to another.

a)

The Desk

b)

The Bed

c)

The Elevator

d)

The Staircase

8.

Who invented a quicker and cheaper way to make steel?

a)

John D. Rockefeller

b)

Henry Bessemer

c)

George Pullman

d)

Nikolaus Otto

9.

Who patented the telephone?

a)

Henry Bessemer

b)

George Pullman

c)

Thomas Alva Edison

d)

Alexander Graham Bell

10.

This helped US steel production grow

a)

kerosene porcess

b)

air brakes

c)

Bessemer process

d)

West process

11.

What was the main purpose of the Transcontinental Railroad?

a)

To make China more powerful.

b)

To help with transportation, communication, and to connect the nation.

c)

To make Native Americans move off their land.

d)

To give immigrants a job, to feel important, and needed in America.

12.

In what town did the Union Pacific Railroad begin?

a)

Omaha, Nebraska

b)

Promontory, Utah

c)

Topeka, Kansas

d)

Des Moines, Iowa

13.

The railroad companies hired workers from other countries because _______________________.

a)

they didn't have enough money.

b)

many Americans were still fighting in the Civil War.

c)

the immigrants wanted something fun to do.

d)

they could make the tools needed for the job.

14.

What was a challenge the Central Pacific workers faced while building the Transcontinental Railroad?

a)

floods

b)

mountains

c)

blizzards

d)

hurricanes

15.

What does transcontinental mean?

a)

to travel across a continent

b)

to travel from one continent to another continent

c)

to travel north and south

d)

to travel to transport goods

16.
_______________ is a machine with sharp blades used to cut grain.
a)
The sower
b)
The reaper
c)
The cotton gin
d)
The sewing machine
17.

Who Made the first plow?

a)

Oliver

b)

Case I H

c)

John Deere

d)

Big bud

18.

What did Cyrus develop?

a)

a comet

b)

a wheat fertilizer

c)

a tractor

d)

the mechanical reaper

19.

It also ___________________the number of field hands needed for the harvest.

a)

increased

b)

decreased

20.

What is a canal?

a)

An animal with humps to ride across the desert.

b)

Mountains that are thousands of feet high

c)

Man-made waterways

d)

Digging

21.

The Eerie Canal connected what two bodies of water?

a)

Pacific and Atlantic Oceans

b)

Atlantic Ocean and Hudson River

c)

Pacific Ocean and Lake Eerie

d)

Hudson River and Lake Eerie

22.

What was the name of Peter Cooper's locomotive?

a)

Tom Thumb

b)

Clermont

c)

Thomas the Train

d)

Singer

23.

Identify advantages the railroad provided.

a)

Faster and cheaper then traveling by land

b)

Improved trade

c)

Improved settlement

d)

Easier to travel up river

24.

Who invented the steel plow which improved farming?

a)

John Deere

b)

Cyrus McCorminck

c)

Isaac Singer

d)

Peter Cooper

25.

_________ patented modern barbed wire.

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Elias Howe

c)

Joseph Glidden

26.

Elias Howe invented the _________.

a)

sewing machine

b)

elevator brakes

c)

barbed wire

27.

Extra Credit: What is special about the last spike of the transcontinental railroad?

(a)  

28.
When was the Model-T car introduced?
a)
1908
b)
1999
c)
1896
d)
2001
29.
What became a model for the manufacturing of American cars and consumer products?
a)
The assembly line
b)
Slavery
c)
Sharecropping
d)
Tenant Farming
30.
How long did it take to make a Model T car with the Assembly Line?
a)
1 Hour
b)
1 Minute
c)
1 Second
d)
1 Day
31.

Which of the following best describes the assembly line manufacturing process?

a)

Each product is fully manufactured one at a time

b)

Products are made one step at a time as they pass down a line

c)

Products are manufactured by robots

d)

Products are made by people who stand in a line

32.

What was the name of Henry Ford's first successful assembly line car?

a)

F150

b)

Model X

c)

Model T

d)

Mustang

33.

Why was the Model T so successful?

a)

It was very fast

b)

It was affordable by the average family

c)

It was reliable

d)

It was a convertible

34.
Where did they make their first flight?
a)
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
b)
Dayton, Ohio
c)
Reno, Nevada
d)
Millville, Indiana
35.
How long did the first flight last?
a)
12 seconds
b)
20 seconds
c)
32 seconds
d)
1 minute
36.

The Wright Brothers invented the __________.

a)

light bulb

b)

airplane

c)

telephone

37.

What did their plane look like?

a)
b)
38.

People used gas to light their homes before the invention of the electric light.

a)

True

b)

False

39.

What invention of Thomas Edison do we use the most often?

a)

the phonograph

b)

the telephone

c)

the printing press

d)

the light bulb

40.

Most people immediately think of ... when they think of Thomas Edison.

a)

Printer

b)

light bulb

c)

telephone

d)

computer

41.

Taking pictures in 1878 required

a)

a heavy camera, chemicals and a tripod

b)

a light camera and flash

c)

a phone with a camera

42.

What was George Eastman's camera first called?

a)

Eastman camera

b)

Kodak camera

c)

George camera

43.

Why do you think George Eastman is one of the "fathers of photograph"?

a)

He invented the first portable camera.

b)

His camera was simple to use.

c)

It was not very expensive like the cameras before.

d)

He invented the first iphone.