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100
True or False. Between 1913 and 1922 Ford factories produced only black Model T's.
True
100
True or False. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
True
100
What did Levi Strauss invent?
Levi Strauss invented the blue jeans.
100

This man used Vertical Integration

Andrew Carnegie

100

Name an invention by Thomas Edison.

Phonograph, motion picture camera, or the lightbulb.

200
What are the names of the Wright Brothers?
Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright
200

Gugliemo Marconi invented what?

Gugliemo Marconi invented the radio

200
Who invented the cotton "gin"?
Eli Whitney
200

This man used Horizontal Integration

John D. Rockefeller

200

Name two new leisure activities of the early 1900s

1. Vaudeville

2. Spectator sports

3. Movies

4. New music 

5. Realism art and literature

6. Yellow Journalism

300

What did the railroad system help with?

Expansion West

300

What invention did the telephone replace?

the telegraph

300
Elias Howe invented what kind of machine?
Elias Howe invented the sewing machine.
300

Samuel Gompers was able to help the American Federation of Labor begin what process?

Dispute Resolution

300

Which of the following became possible because of the work of Thomas Edison and Lewis Howard Latimer?

Industrial workers could work longer hours at night and in dark places.

400
How much time did the Wright Brothers first flight last?
The flight lasted 12 seconds.
400
Samuel F. B. Morse invented what kind of machine?
Samuel F. B. Morse invented the telegraph.
400
Eli Whitney came up with the idea of ________ parts for the ________ industry.
Eli Whitney came up with the idea of interchangeable parts for the firearms industry.
400

What role did muckrakers play in the Progressive Era?

They wrote about corruption in business.

400

What is the era of inventions called?

The Gilded Age

500

In order to make railroad services more reliable, the government had to create-

four time zones

500

Gugliemo Marconi used radio waves to transmit what kind of code?

morse code

500

What invention made mass production easier to do?

The assembly line

500

Which progressive reforms were advocated by President William Howard Taft?

  1. supporting an income tax

  2. pressing antitrust cases

500

What push factors led to emigration? 3 answers


  1. economic hardship in emigrants’ home countries

  2. religious persecution in emigrants’ home countries

  3. lack of political power in emigrants’ home countries

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