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Life during the industrial Rev
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1
What development was essential to the expansion of the cities to the suburbs?
invention of the telegraph
professionalizing of nursing
growth of sports
public transportation systems
2
One effect of the expansion of the railroads was that
Horse-drawn carriages were no longer used
population of the East declined
consumers had more choice of low cost products
price of steel rose
3
The meat-packing industry helped fuel the growth of what major U.S. city?
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Boston
New York
4
In what part of the country did people have the most access to railroads in the 1870s?
Northeast
South East
Kansas City
Frontier
5
Which of the following is a social science?
Psychology
law
Biology
Chemistry
6
Charles Darwin’s book,
On the Origin of Species
, was controversial because it
stated that all human diseases could be cured
differed from the creation story of the Bible
suggested patterns among elements in the periodic table
Justifeid withholding welfare from poor
7
Bbrothers were the first to fly a powered airplane in sustained flight on December 17, 1903.
Wright Brothers
Curie Brothers
Freud Brothers
Redenbacher Brothers
8
Process to destroy bacteria in milk, cheese, juice
Bessemerization
Vaccination
Fermentation
Pasteurization
9
he gave us, E = mc
2
, revolutionized physics. Also named
Time
magazine “Person of the Century.”
pAVLOV
eDISON
FreuD
eINSTEIN
10
How did electric power impact industry?
It increased safety hazards in manufacturing plants.
It allowed factories to move away from water sources.
It reduced the cost of powering heavy machinery.
By increasing efficiency, it shortened the work day.
11
What caused the growth in leisure time activities in the late 1800s?
automobiles
higher incomes and more free time
private funding of concert halls and theaters
Move from cities to suburbs
12
in addition to personal communication the telegraph was used to...
Speak to family far away
conduct business and transmit news long distances quickly
created new airplanes
help hearing impaired students learn to speak
13
Who developed the wireless telegraph, or radio?
Guglielmo Marconi
Samuel Morse
Alexander G Bell
Thomas Edison
14
How did the radio differ from the telegraph?
Radio needed batteries
Radio used Morse code
Radio was popular by 1900
telegraph required wires
15
Who invented the Electric Light?
Thomas Edison
Henry Bessemer
Joseph Swan
Pierre Curie
16
This inventor built the world’s first central electric power plant in New York City
Samuel Morse
Alexander Bell
Thomas Edison
Nikola Tesla
17
Educated population, explosion of newspapers, and the telegraph made a career in what possible?
Teaching
art
carpentry
Journalism
18
Jacob Riis wrote to exploit the fight of the poor by...
immigrants life on the ships
getting cities to build parks
conditions of factories
horrible conditions of tenements
19
What city had least access to long distance RR travel..
Kansas City
Houston
New Orleans
San Francisco
20
Which of the following was significant factor in the expansion of the railroad system in 1800s?
discovery of electricity
Paris exhibition of 1900
invention of the Bessemer process
the model T
21
The world’s longest railroad is located where?
Russia(Siberia)
Africa
United States
India
22
Which of the following was a solution to scarce living and working space in cities?
construction of subways
construction of skyscrapers
the mechanization of industry
expansion of public education
23
Experiments with dogs, this scientist proved that animals could be taught a reflex actions.
Darwin
Freud
Pasteur
Pavlov
24
How did the Model T differ from earlier automobile models?
electric power
bright colors
Luxurious
affordable
25
School founded for African Americans in Tuskegee, Alabama by
George Washington Carver
Einstein
Michael Faraday
Thomas Edison
26
Movement from small farms and towns to big cities is known as...
Urbanization
migration
Industrialization
Immigration
27
This Scientist discovered radium and polonium
Edison
Einstein
Pasteur
Curie
28
Which of the following individuals developed vaccines for anthrax and rabies?
Crawford Long
Charles Darwin
Albert Einstein
Louis Pasteur