Industrialization and the Guilded Age (MC)
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- Q1Which type of technology did city planners adopt during the Industrial Age in an attempt to meet the needs of commuters?
automobile technology
railroad technologycommunications technology
horse-and-carriage technology
300s - Q2Which of these inventions arose from an attempt to help hearing-impaired people?
the motion-picture machine
the telephonethe phonograph
the multiplex telegraph
300s - Q3When was the first gasoline-powered American automobile made?the late 1800s30s
- Q4Which invention allowed the greatest personal freedom of travel?the automobile30s
- Q5What method of manufacturing, introduced in the early 1800s, made mass production possible?the use of interchangeable parts30s
- Q6How did Henry Ford affect the automobile industry?He made car production cheaper by improving the assembly line.30s
- Q7Thomas Edison's fascination with what invention inspired him to develop the phonograph?the telephone30s
- Q8Which of these inventors most directly contributed to changing the way people functioned during the evening?Thomas Alva Edison30s
- Q9Which of these innovations was made possible by Alexander Graham Bell?instant communication over distance through speech30s
- Q10How did Granville Woods improve the telegraph?He made it possible for moving trains to have telegraphs.30s
- Q11Which answer choice best describes how one of Henry Ford's assembly lines worked?Workers added parts one at a time in order to make each car.30s
- Q12How did automobile manufacturing affect the city of Detroit?Detroit's population drastically increased.30s
- Q13It took 84 different tasks to build a Ford car. This is an example of __________.division of labor.30s
- Q14Read what Henry Ford said in 1908 about his hopes for the Model T."It will be constructed of the best materials...but it will be so low in price that no man making a good salary will be unable to own one."What is one way that Ford achieved his goals?by creating a system of mass production30s
- Q15How did Henry Ford's business impact the state of Michigan?Detroit, Michigan became the center of the auto industry.30s