Deck 7: Inventors, Entrepreneurs, Engineers, and Industrializ

Question 1

The first U.S. patent law was passed in

A) 1790.
B) 1776.
C) 1890.
D) 1865.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

By 1920, most inventors worked for

A) themselves.
B) the government.
C) corporations.
D) nonprofits.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

To have significant social and economic impact, inventions must be

A) good.
B) diffused throughout society.
C) profitable.
D) widely needed.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The Morrill Act provided federal land to encourage the building of

A) factories.
B) cities.
C) railroads.
D) technical schools.

Question 5

Polytechnic institutes were created to train

A) entrepreneurs.
B) engineers.
C) inventors.
D) financiers.

Question 6

Early professional organizations of engineering found a place because they

A) promoted continuing education.
B) debated questions of ethics.
C) maintained professional standards.
D) all of the above

Question 7

People who create things that have never been created before are called __________.

Question 8

People who provide funds or skills to turn an invention into an innovation are called __________.

Question 9

People who complete the projects that inventors create are called __________.

Question 10

A temporary monopoly on making money from an invention is called a(n) __________.

Question 11

The patent process made inventions public and made some inventors __________.

Question 12

The first professional organization of engineers was the __________.

Question 13

Inventors were the primary people responsible for the massive changes of industrialization in the 19th century.

Question 14

All inventors also had to be entrepreneurs to sell their ideas.

Question 15

Most early inventors were poor students in school.

Question 16

The federal government played an important role in promoting workers' rights in the early 20th century.

Question 17

The federal government played an important role in assisting the development of industry.

Question 18

Early engineers were trained in technical schools.

Question 19

As engineers became employees rather than employers, they increasingly struggled with ethical questions.

Question 20

By 1920, the American economy was still struggling to industrialize.

Question 21

How did technological systems develop in the United States during the Industrial Revolution? Pick one system and describe its impact on both society and the economy.

Question 22

How did new industrial systems change daily labor for American farmers? What impact did these changes have on their lives? On the larger economy?

Question 23

How were inventors, entrepreneurs, and engineers each key to the development of new technological systems? Pick one system and describe its development from invention to system.