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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhat device did Alexander Graham Bell create that changed communications forever?telephonetelegraphInternetelectrical services
- 2. Multiple ChoiceThe airplane was invented by:The Wright BrothersThomas EdisonAlexander Graham BellMercedes Benz
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThe Bessemer process, invented by Henry Bessemer, was created to produce...cottonpeanutssteelelectricity
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Who invented the telegraph in 1840?James HargreavesJohn DeerSamuel MorseJohn Montressor - 5. Multiple ChoiceWho invented the first automobile, assembly line?Cyrus McCormickHenry FordSamuel MorseAlexander Graham Bell
- 6. Multiple ChoiceExplain the impact electricity had on factories.Factories had to close down early.Factories could remain open 24 hours a day.People began moving back to the countryside.People could only go to the factories in the morning.
- 7. Multiple ChoiceInvented electric lightbulbCoach WebbThomas EdisonCoach DrummondBen Franklin
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThe assembly line allowed a much more efficient ______________ of goods.mass transportationmass production
- 9. Multiple ChoiceRockefeller created Standard Oil Trust toprotect small oil firmsincrease competition among oil refining companiescontrol prices and practices in the oil refining businessdistribute donations to charitable causes
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThe business practice used during the late 1800's to eliminate competition wasdeveloping overseas marketspaying high wages to their workersforming monopolies or trustsincreasing prices of their products
- 11. Multiple ChoiceRockefeller, Carnegie and Morgan were sometimes called 'robber barons' becausethey robbed from the rich and gave to the poorthey stole money from the governmentthey made risky investmentsthey used ruthless (cruel, uncaring) business practices
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following inventions brought an end to the open range on the Great Plains?steel plowreaperwindmillbarbed wire
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