II. Choose the correct answer to each of the following.
1.
According to the author, the person who was to
be credited with developing the "American system of production"
in the early nineteenth century was ____________.
(a) Eli Whitney
(b) John H Hall
(c) Thomas Edison
(d) Henry Ford
Answer:
2. Cyrus H McCormick invented ____________.
(a) the electric bulb
(b) the revolver
(c) the mechanical reaper
(d) the railroad
Answer:
3. ____________ led to the end of the Pony Express System.
(a) Telephone
(b) Telegraph
(c) Railroad
(d) Steamboat
Answer:
4. ____________ had the title "the Wizard of Menlo Park".
(a) Thomas A Edison
(b) John Stevens
(c) Charlie Chaplin
(d) Robert Fulton
Answer:
5.
____________ contributed to the development of
the American system of manufacture in the twentieth century.
(a) James K Maxwell
(b) Cyrus H McCormick
(c) Lee De Forest
(d) Henry Ford
Answer:
6. When was voice and music first transmitted over the radio?
(a) 1901.
(b) End of 19th century.
(c) New Year's Eve 1905.
(d) Christmas Eve 1905.
Answer:
7. When did the first commercial radio station begin broadcasting?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1920 .
(c) 1930 .
(d) 1916 .
Answer:
8.
Which of the following invention facilitated the
out-migration movement into suburban locations?
