Quiz 19-1 Inventors and Inventions of the 19th Century

Who was responsible to laying a telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean in 1866?

• A George Westinghouse
• B Cyrus Field
• C George Pullman
• D John Thurman

Who invented the typewriter?

• A Alexander Graham Bell
• B Thomas Edison
• C William Burrroughs
• D Christopher Sholes

Thomas Edison's most important invention was the

• A electric light bulb
• B vacuum cleaner
• C camera
• D automatic circuit breaker

Who was responsible for creating the assembly line?

• A George Westinghouse
• B Granville Woods
• C Henry Ford
• D Charles Sorenson

Who was the African-American inventor who invented a machine that revolutionized the shoe making industry?

• A Granville Woods
• B Lewis Howard Latimer
• C Jan E. Matzeliger
• D Elijah McCoy