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Social Studies
8th -
11thgrade
Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
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- 1. Multiple Choice
Who created the telegraph?
Thomas Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
Samuel Morse
The Wright Brothers
- 2. Multiple Choice
This allowed steel to be processed more efficiently.
Bessemer Process
Homestead Process
Carnegie Process
Assembly Line
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which one of the inventions from your chart changed the way goods and people were transported?
Telephone
Light Bulb
Steam Engine
Cotton Gin
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which one of the inventions from your chart changed the way cotton was processed?
Cotton Gin
Spinning Jenny
Bessemer Steel Process
Light Bulb
- 5. Multiple Choice
Who invented the steam locomotive?
Thomas Edison
Samuel Morse
Robert Futon
George Stevenson
- 6. Multiple Choice
The introduction of interchangeable parts led directly to the —
A. formation of the patent system
B. creation of labor unions
C. use of mass-production techniques
D. eight-hour workday
- 7. Multiple Choice
The invention of these made it possible to replace a broken part with ease instead of having to wait for custom replacements
mass production
division of labor
interchangeable parts
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWho invented the telegraph in 1840?James HargreavesJohn DeerSamuel MorseJohn Montressor
- 9. Multiple Choice
This invention turned rivers into busy routes for traders and travelers.
Railroads
Steamboat
Telegraph
Mechanical Reaper
- 10. Multiple Choice
One negative effect of the cotton gin was...
cotton became more profitable for farmers...
The number of slaves needed decreased
The number of slaves needed increased
Jobs began to disappear
- 11. Multiple Choice
The builder/inventor of the first steamboat was
Robert Fulton
Eli Whitney
Thomas Edison
Benjamin Franklin
- 12. Multiple Choice
James Hargreaves was the inventor of which invention?
Spinning Jenny
Steam Engine
Radio
Civil War
- 13. Multiple Choice
Who invented the cotton gin?
James Watt
Eli Whitney
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Edison
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which invention was invented to power machines automatically and led to the development of moving vehicles.
Steam Engine
Steel Process
Cotton Gin
Radio
- 15. Multiple Choice
In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin?
The United States
England
France
Germany
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