Inventions and Inventors
Who created the light bulb?
Thomas Edison
True or False and give text evidence: Machines DID NOT help make things faster and cheaper.
False:
"Machines helped make things faster and cheaper."
Capital
money or resources used to produce goods and services
What is the name of an invention that changed communication and allow people talk over long distances?
Telephone
False;
"Women who worked in factories did not get paid as much as men. This was also true of children who worked long hours and sometimes did not have time to go to school."
Transcontinental
crossing the entire continent
What is the name of the person who discovered many ways to use peanuts, sweet potatoes, and soybeans?
George Washington Carver
True or False: The Wright Brothers were the first people to build the first operational airplane
"Wilbur and Orville Wright built the first operational airplane in the early years of the 1900s."
Industrialism
a system in which a society's economy is based on machines and factories
Who invented the automobile?
True or False and give text evidence: Railroads helped industries grow by moving raw materials quickly to factories
True
"Once the railroads were built, they continued to help industries by quickly and cheaply moving raw materials to factories
Find the word: a person who puts money into a business with the goal of making more money
Investor
What is the name of the invention that allowed factories to produce goods faster than using machines?
Assembly line
False:
"In fact, Standard Oil controlled most of the oil industry."
Find the word: A machine that communicates messages over long distances by sending signals through wires
Telegraph