SOC 8 - Ch. 4.1 - The 2nd Industrial Revolution

Question 1

Who made the world's first true airplane flight, and when?

Accepted Answer

The Wright brothers, 1903

Question 2

What is one action the U.S. government took to support American businesses during the 2nd Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

create high tariffs (taxes on foreign imports)

Question 3

Who was the first businessperson to use a large-scale moving assembly line?

Accepted Answer

Henry Ford

Question 4

Thomas Edison invented the very first electric light bulb.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

Which word means "creating large quantities of a good at once"?

Accepted Answer

mass production

Question 6

What helped Henry Ford to mass produce the first affordable car for Americans?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 7

What other technologies did the Bessemer process support?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 8

When did the First Industrial Revolution occur in the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

1790s to 1850s

Question 9

What is a "patent"?

Accepted Answer

the exclusive legal right to make or sell an invention

Question 10

The 1st Industrial Revolution led to massive urbanization for factory jobs.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

Who patented the first telephone in the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

Alexander Graham Bell

Question 12

The United States did not become an industrial leader/economic power in the world until which decade?

Accepted Answer

1890s

Question 13

The major inventions of the 1st Industrial Revolution include...

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 14

America's use of steel railroad tracks led to what other improvements?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 15

When did the Second Industrial Revolution occur in the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

mid- to late-19th century

Question 16

One major good that the 1st Industrial Revolution focused production on was...

Accepted Answer

textiles

Question 17

When did Thomas Edison invent his type of light bulb?

Accepted Answer

1879

Question 18

What components does an assembly line use?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 19

New advancements and technologies in ____ caused the 2nd Industrial Revolution.

Accepted Answer

steel, oil, and electricity

Question 20

The 1st Industrial Revolution transformed...

Accepted Answer

both how and where people worked

Question 21

Telephones replaced and were improvements over _____.

Accepted Answer

telegraphs

Question 22

The Ferris wheel was first introduced at the ____ in ____.

Accepted Answer

World's Columbian Exposition, 1893

Question 23

The "____ process" made steel production faster and cheaper.

Accepted Answer

Bessemer

Question 24

What was the most popular source of fuel for lamps before electric lightbulbs became common?

Accepted Answer

kerosene oil

Question 25

The name of Henry Ford's first mass-affordable automobile was...

Accepted Answer

Model T

SOC 8 - Ch. 4.1 - The 2nd Industrial Revolution

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SOC 8 - Ch. 4.1 - The 2nd Industrial Revolution

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