10
QuizMultiple Choice

Effects of Technology on 1800s Society

Question 10 • Crowley Credit Recovery US History Studies Since 1877 A

Which of these industries was made possible by Thomas Edison’s ideas and inventions?

Answer
A
the automobile industry
B
the communications industry
C
the mass transit industry
D
the movie industry

Explanation

Thomas Edison developed inventions and technologies that helped make motion pictures practical, including the kinetoscope and improvements to movie cameras and film equipment. These advances helped launch the movie industry. The automobile, communications, and mass transit industries were not primarily made possible by Edison’s inventions.

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