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Grade 5 Industrialization

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Which form of mass production was used by Henry Ford to produce automobiles in large quantities?
  1. Assembly Line
  2. Morse Code
  3. Bessemer Process
  4. Interchangeable Parts
Grade 5 Industrialization
This scientist created many new inventions in his lifetime. He developed the Gramophone (forerunner of today's record player) even tough he was turning deaf. His greatest achievement was the invention of the light bulb.
  1. Alexander Graham Bell
  2. Thoams Edison
  3. Sir Alexander Fleming
  4. Archimedes
Grade 5 Industrialization
What period in American history caused people from all over the world to want to immigrate to the United States?
  1. Westward Expansion
  2. gold rushes
  3. Great Depression
  4. Industrial Revolution
Grade 5 Industrialization
When did the Industrial Revolution take place?
  1. during the Civil War
  2. from the Civil War to the early 1900s
  3. in the 17th century
  4. in the 1950s and 60s
Grade 5 Industrialization
Choose the four ways that America improved during the Industrial Revolution. (choose 4)
  1. transportation
  2. agriculture
  3. finance
  4. industry
  5. computers
  6. communications
Grade 5 Industrialization
By the 1870s, canals were largely replaced by railroads.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Industrialization
All of the following are inventions that were created during the Industrial Revolution EXCEPT:
  1. Telegraph
  2. Cotton Gin
  3. Assembly Line
  4. Bessemer Process
Grade 5 Industrialization
Granville T. Woods' Synchronous Multiplex Railway Telegraph allowed moving trains and stations to communicate for the first time.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Industrialization
Who was the industrial giant that went into business refining crude oil and created the Standard Oil Company?
  1. Andrew Carnegie
  2. John D. Rockefeller
  3. J.P. Morgan
  4. Cornelius Vanderbilt
Grade 5 Industrialization
Granville T. Woods was the first African American to receive training in hydro engineering.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Industrialization
In 1872, Granville T. Woods took what job on the Danville and Southern Railroad?
  1. fireman
  2. engineer
  3. brakeman
  4. conductor
Grade 5 Industrialization
Most of Granville T. Woods' career was devoted to working on trains and streetcars.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Industrialization
The American Bell Telephone Company stole Granville T. Woods' invention of a combination telephone and telegraph.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Industrialization
Though he did not invent them, Granville T. Woods patented improvements to air brakes for trains.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Industrialization
Granville T. Woods created both improvements to overhead wires for street cars and an improvement that boosted the power of the third rail for use in subway trains.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Industrialization
Granville T. Woods accepted an offer of a job by Thomas Edison after defeating his second claim on the Synchronous Multiplex Railway Telegraph system.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Industrialization
In addition to working on trains, Granville T. Woods also invented a dimmer for lights in theatres that reduced their electric consumption by 40%.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Industrialization
What do we call a person who donates large amounts of money to universities, scientific and medical research centers and international projects that help others?
  1. a historian
  2. an industrial leader
  3. a philanthropist
  4. an inventor
Grade 5 Industrialization
Who is credited with inventing the telegraph?
  1. Benjamin Franklin
  2. Eli Whitney
  3. Marcus Whitman
  4. Samuel Morse
Grade 5 Industrialization
Two new important forms of transportation in the 1800s were                
  1. canal
  2. steam boat
  3. turnpike
  4. wagon
  5. railroad
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