Social Studies: Chapter 6- The Rise of Industry

Ohio Inventors

100

invented the lightbulb, among many other things

THOMAS EDISON

200

invented the airplane

THE WRIGHT BROTHERS

(Wilbur and Orville)

300

invented the pop tab for cans

(F----)

ERMAL FRAZE

400

invented the cash register

(R----)

JAMES J. RITTY

500

invented chewing gum

(S-----)

W.F. SEMPLE

Vocabulary

100

the business of farming and raising animals to sell

AGRICULTURE

200

an industry that has to do with digging in the earth for metals and minerals

MINING

300

a group of workers that demand better working conditions

LABOR UNIONS

400

the improvement of something that is wrong

REFORM

500

a law to stop the making and selling of alcohol

PROHIBITION

Presidents from Ohio

100

18th president of the U.S.; he led the Union Army during the Civil War

(G----)

ULYSSES S. GRANT

200

19th president of the U.S.; elected governor of Ohio four times

(H----)

RUTHERFORD B. HAYES

300

20th president of the U.S.; got shot a year after becoming president

(G-------)

JAMES A. GARFIELD

400

23rd president of the U.S.; his grandfather was also president 48 years earlier

(H-------)

BENJAMIN HARRISON

500

25th president of the U.S.; was elected twice; led Americans in Spanish-American War

(M-------)

WILLIAM McKINLEY

Famous Ohio Cities

100

Home of the cash register; along the Miami River

(D-----)

DAYTON

200

Became known as the "rubber capital of the world," due to the B.F. Goodrich Rubber Co.

(A----)

AKRON

300

Became known as the "glass capital of the world," due to its sandy soil, which is used to make glass.

(T-----)

TOLEDO

400

Home of Thomas Edison

(M----)

MILAN

500

A group of women closed the saloons in this town, which led to Prohibition.

(C--------)

CLEVELAND

Grab Bag

100

Ohio is called "the heart of it all" because...

Ohio's location and transportation (including rivers) connected them to many other places in the U.S.

200

Samuel Jones was the mayor of what Ohio city and was nicknamed "Golden Rule?"

(T-----)

TOLEDO

300

Companies started using assembly lines in factories to make goods faster, which is called... (2 words)

MASS PRODUCTION

400

In what industry did Ohio's worst strike take place?

(M-----)

COAL MINING

500

Name the state where the Wright Brothers completed their first flight. (2 words)

NORTH CAROLINA