Review for Notes 1 - 9
Immigration and Industrialization
Bell’s American Telephone or
Telegraph company was commonly
known as?
• AT&T
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Before the light bulb was invented
and improved, homes used this kind
of material to light lamps?
• kerosene
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What was Marconi’s invention that
transmitted signals across the
Atlantic Ocean?
• Radio
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What new invention helped women
in the home thanks to the invention
of electricity?
• vacuum
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People could live on the out skirts of
the city and commute to work in the
city with this kind of electric
transportation?
• streetcar
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What did Alexander Graham Bell
invent that altered the way people
communicated?
• telephone
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What did Thomas Edison invent that
recorded a voice and played it back?
• Phonograph
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What product was first created on
the assembly line?
• cars
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Who used the assembly line to
create cars faster?
• Henry Ford
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What was J.P. Morgan a major
leader in?
• Banking
• Major financial investor
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What was an improvement to the
city in transportation as well as in
making home products that made
life easier for many women?
• electricity
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What was Madame C.J. Walker
famous for?
• First African American millionaire
• Became wealthy through her shampoo
and beauty products
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Who created a cheaper method for
converting iron into steel?
• Henry Bessemer
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What were some of the uses for
steel?
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buildings
cars
railroads
bridges
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What new creation made the light
bulb, street cars, vacuum cleaners,
and telephone possible?
• electricity
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In the late 1800s, the United States
economy changed from an
agricultural economy to an…?
• Industrial or manufactured economy
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Who invented the telegraph?
• Samuel Morse
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Mass production was a new method
used in the early 1900s. Who was
the entrepreneur that used the
method of mass producing and what
did he mass produce?
• Henry Ford
• cars
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What was a major benefit of Ford’s
assembly line?
• More cars could be made at a time so their
prices could be lower
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This man created the AC electrical
current and worked better than
Edison’s DC current?
• Westinghouse
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How did the invention of the
incandescent light bulb contribute to
economic/industrial growth?
• Factories could run at night without having
to use kerosene
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William Randolph Hearst made his
money in this market.
• newspapers
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What is a benefit of new inventions
and the economic ideas of free
enterprise?
• Companies compete with each other for
people’s business
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At first, only this type of person
could afford telephone and
electricity in their homes?
• wealthy
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Workers or labor are considered this
kind of resource?
• Human resources
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What are the major factors of
production?
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Land
Labor
Capital
Technology
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How did the telegraph promote
economic/industrial growth in the
United States?
• People could place orders for goods and
make sure items were delivered on time
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Samuel Morse invented the
telegraph, how did this help the
Railroad industry?
• Kept railroads on schedule
• Prevented accidents
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How did Lewis Latimer improve the
light bulb?
• Created one with a carbon filament
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Oil, iron, coal, and water are
examples of this kind of resource
since they are found in nature and
are useful to people.?
• Natural resources
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What men were known to have the
first successful flight in Kitty Hawk,
N.C. in 1903?
• Wright Brothers
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What is Free Enterprise
• The economic idea of America where
people have the freedom to offer goods
and services for sale.
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What was the name for Edison’s lab
in New Jersey?
• Menlo Park
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What was the invention that allowed
a recorded voice to play back?
• phonograph
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What term is given to the type of
resource that includes tools, money
and machinery?
• Capital Resources
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What new invention allowed people
to communicate with each other
without learning a system like the
Morse Code?
• telephone
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Why was Ford’s assembly line
important to the automobile
industry?
• It allowed him to mass produce his cars.
He was able to make them quickly
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What was the type of light bulb that
was invented to last longer due to
the carbon filament?
• incandescent
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