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Do You Have What It Takes?

Explore the influential inventions of the industrial era and their impact on society, literacy, urban conditions, and the development of industries. Discover the significance of individuals like Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and Alexander Graham Bell in shaping our modern world.

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Do You Have What It Takes?

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  1. Do You Have What It Takes? The Rise of the Industry

  2. Round One

  3. What invention had the largest impact on literacy and the public library? • Braile • Lightbulb • Typewriter • Computer

  4. Which factor had the least significance in the development of steel? • The invention of the telephone and typewriter • The abundance of natural resources • The growth of cities and skyscrapers • The construction of railroads

  5. Henry Bessemer was most closely associated with? • Electricity • Vulcanization • Steel • Steam Power

  6. What other historic situation is most compariable to the light bulb replacing oil lamps? • The Railroad replacing the automobile • Electric engines replacing steam engines • Telegraph replacing the telephone • Steel production replacing oil production

  7. What invention is Thomas Edison responsible for other than the light bulb? • Internal Combustion Engine • Electric Generator C. Motion Picture camera • Phonograph

  8. Controlling production and distribution process increased efficiencies and profits, what is this theory called? • Horizontal integration. • Laissez-faire policies • Board of trustees • Vertical Integration

  9. What impact did the light bulb have on Urban Conditions? • It created the possibility of home based businesses. • It promoted more immigrants to remain in large cities • It enabled passenger trains to operate at night. • It replaced the dirty and dangerous gaslight.

  10. What does Laissez-Faire mean? • The government controls all aspects of business • The government protection of workers. • Government does not interfere with the activities of business. • Government controls trade with other nations

  11. Round Two

  12. Which of these is an important aspect of industrialization? • Machine-made products • Government-owned businesses • Privately owned businesses • Handmade goods

  13. Henry Ford used which technology to mass-produce automobiles? • Assembly Line • Bessemer Process • Oil Refining • Electric Lighting

  14. Alexander Graham Bell is most closely associated with which invention? • Electricity • Steel C. Assembly Line • Telephone

  15. What word or phase is most closely associated with Cornelius Vanderbilt? • Labor Union • Transportation • Banking • U.S. Steel industry

  16. Which inventor was responsible for developing the steel industry ? • Max Blanck • John D. Rockefeller • Cornelius Vanderbilt • Andrew Carnegie

  17. Crude oil became commonly used for fuels and oil lamps. What resource was used before Crude oil? • Kerosene • Buffalo Oil • Whale Oil • Diesel

  18. Which individual is most closely associated with accelerating production and reducing cost and need for human labor? • Jules Verne • Henry Ford • Henry Lloyd • Henry Bessemer

  19. How did Thomas Edison improve the quality of life in the U.S. Cities? • By Building Tenement Houses • By improving factory conditions • By creating an electrical distribution system • By inventing communication systems

  20. Round Three

  21. What did the first Congress achieve in 1789? • Wrote the Bill of Rights • Handled debts of the Revolutionary War • Chose Washington, D.C. • All of the Above

  22. Round Four

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