Innovations of Ohio

Question 1

Who invented the gas mask?

Accepted Answer

Garret Morgan

Question 2

The electric cash register made it easier for store clerks to steal money.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 3

Which of these Ohio inventions improved business?

Accepted Answer

Cash register, Light bulb

Question 4

How did the invention of the lightbulb impact factories?

Accepted Answer

Factories produced more and stayed open longer.

Question 5

Garret Morgan’s gas mask was only used in Ohio.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

How did the electric car starter improve safety?

Accepted Answer

It removed the need to crank the engine by hand.

Question 7

What was one major positive effect of the traffic signal?

Accepted Answer

It reduced traffic accidents

Question 8

What was the main problem the Wright Brothers wanted to solve?

Accepted Answer

Ships were too slow for travel over oceans.

Question 9

The invention of the lightbulb made it possible for factories to operate at night.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT a way the phonograph changed American life?

Accepted Answer

People had less access to entertainment.

Question 11

Which statement best describes the importance of technological innovations that originated in Ohio?

Accepted Answer

Inventors in Ohio influenced the development of the United States.

Question 12

What was one challenge of early automobiles before the electric starter was invented?

Accepted Answer

They had to be started by hand-cranking

Question 13

Who invented the cash register?

Accepted Answer

James Ritty

Question 14

The phonograph made entertainment more accessible

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

Which of these events happened first in the invention of the gas mask?

Accepted Answer

A gas mask was used to save 32 men.

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