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Edison Invents Motion Pictures Written by America's Story from America's Library

Who are these wild women, and what are they doing? Would you believe they were two sisters in a boxing act that played all over the East coast? They were the Gordon Sisters, Bessie and Minnie, who claimed to be the first female boxing act. In the early years of motion pictures, there was such a demand for movies that 's company filmed all sorts of things. This of the sparring sisters was made in 1901. The Edison Manufacturing Company was able to shoot "Gordon Sisters Boxing" and many other only after Edison and his employee W.K.L Dickson had spent years inventing the motion picture camera.

How were Bessie and Minnie related?

Bessie and Minnie were aunts.

Bessie and Minnie were friends.

Bessie and Minnie were sisters.

Bessie and Minnie were cousins.

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Edison Invents Motion Pictures Written by America's Story from America's Library Who are these wild women, and what are they doing? Would you believe they were two sisters in a boxing act that played all over the East coast? They were the Gordon Sisters, Bessie and Minnie, who claimed to be the first female boxing act. In the early years of motion pictures, there was such a demand for movies that Thomas Edison's company filmed all sorts of things. This film of the sparring sisters was made in 1901. The Edison Manufacturing Company was able to shoot "Gordon Sisters Boxing" and many other films only after Edison and his employee W.K.L Dickson had spent years inventing the motion picture camera.

What were the Gordon Sisters best known for?

being the first female boxing act

being the first female actresses

being the inventors of the motion picture

being the inventors of boxing

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Edison Invents Motion Pictures Written by America's Story from America's Library

Who are these wild women and what are they doing? Would you believe they were two sisters in a boxing act that played all over the East coast? They were the Gordon Sisters, Bessie and Minnie, who claimed to be the first female boxing act. In the early years of motion pictures, there was such a demand for motion pictures that Thomas Edison's company filmed all sorts of things. This film of the sparring sisters was made in 1901. The Edison Manufacturing Company was able to shoot "Gordon Sisters Boxing" and many others only after Edison and his employee W.K.L Dickson had spent years inventing the motion picture camera.

What did Edison and his employee W.K.L Dickson invent?

a digital camera

a still shot camera

a photographic camera

a motion picture camera

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Edison Invents Motion Pictures Written by America's Story from America's Library

In 1888, after Edison invented the phonograph, he turned his attention to motion pictures. "I am experimenting upon an instrument which does for the eye what the phonograph does for the ear," he said. The result of his experiments was the Kinetograph (a motion picture camera) and the Kinetoscope (a peephole motion picture viewer).

What did Edison invent while focusing on motion pictures?

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a motion picture camera

a digital camera

a still shot camera

a peephole motion picture viewer

an instant camera

Question 5:

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Edison built a motion picture production studio in New Jersey. The studio had a roof that could be opened to let in daylight, and the entire building was constructed so that it could be moved to stay in line with the sun. The "Boxing Gordon Sisters" was not the only boxing film Edison's company made. Can you imagine boxing cats? One of the Edison Manufacturing Company's earliest films shows two cats fighting in a boxing ring. Other films starred well-known performers, such as Annie Oakley and Native American dancers from Buffalo Bill's "Wild West Show."

What did one of Edison's earliest film show?

Annie Oakley's two cats

two cats dancing with Native Americans

two cats filming movies

two cats fighting in the boxing ring

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George Washington Written by America's Story from America's Library

The first president of the , George Washington, is often referred to as the Father of Our Country. He was known for his love of the land and farming, and his dislike of war. He was a distinguished general and commander in chief of the colonial armies in the American Revolution. He married a widow, Martha Dandridge Custis, and they lived at Mount Vernon, Washington's plantation in Virginia on the Potomac River.

Where did George Washington live with his wife?

Mount Tom

Mount Martha

Mount Washington Mount Vernon

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Edison Invents Motion Pictures Written by America's Story from America's Library

Edison's films were so popular that he needed a way to show them to large groups of people. C. Francis Jenkins and Thomas Armat invented a film projector called the Vitascope. Jenkins and Arnat competed against Edison and licensed a version of their projector to the Columbia Phonograph Company. Eventually, the Edison Company developed its own projector, known as the Projectoscope. The first films shown in a "movie theater" in America were presented to audiences on April 23, 1896, in .

Who invented the Vitascope?

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C. Francis Jenkins

Thomas Armat

Harvey Firestone

Thomas Edison

Henry Ford

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Edison Invents Motion Pictures Written by America's Story from America's Library

Edison's films were so popular that he needed a way to show them to large groups of people. C. Francis Jenkins and Thomas Armat invented a film projector called the Vitascope. Jenkins and Arnat competed against Edison and licensed a version of their projector to the Columbia Phonograph Company. Eventually, the Edison Company developed its own projector, known as the Projectoscope. The first films shown in a "movie theater" in America were presented to audiences on April 23, 1896, in New York City.

What did the Edison Company create?

the Vitascope

the phonograph

the movie theater

the Projectoscope

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Edison Invents the Phonograph Written by America's Story from America's Library

Thomas Edison had many inventions, but his favorite was the phonograph. While working on improvements to the telegraph and the telephone, Edison figured out a way to record sound on tinfoil-coated cylinders. In 1877, he created a machine with two needles: one for recording and one for playback. When Edison spoke into the mouthpiece, the sound vibrations of his voice would be indented onto the cylinder by the recording needle. "Mary had a little lamb" were the first words that Edison recorded on the phonograph, and he was amazed when he heard the machine play them back to him.

What were the two needles on Edison's machine used for?

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One was used for playback.

One was used for pausing.

One was used for rewinding. One was used for fast forwarding.

One was used for recording.

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Edison Invents the Phonograph Written by America's Story from America's Library

Thomas Edison had many inventions, but his favorite was the phonograph. While working on improvements to the telegraph and the telephone, Edison figured out a way to record sound on tinfoil-coated cylinders. In 1877, he created a machine with two needles: one for recording and one for playback. When Edison spoke into the mouthpiece, the sound vibrations of his voice would be indented onto the cylinder by the recording needle. "Mary had a little lamb" were the first words that Edison recorded on the phonograph, and he was amazed when he heard the machine play them back to him.

What were the first words recorded on the phonograph?

Mary had a little lamb

Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall

twinkle twinkle little star

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Edison Invents the Phonograph Written by America's Story from America's Library

Edison suggested other uses for the phonograph. He thought families could use it to record their voices to make a family record. He also thought it could be used for everyday things: letter writing and dictation, music boxes, toys, clocks that announce the time, and a connection with the telephone so communications could be recorded. He even believed it could help people who were blind by recording books.

What were other uses of the phonograph?

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keeping family records

typing on the computer

helping people who are deaf

helping people who are blind

writing letters Correct Answers

Lesson: Key Details Lesson Topic: Use details from the text to answer questions Question 1: Bessie and Minnie were sisters. Question 2: being the first female boxing act Question 3: a motion picture camera Question 4: a motion picture camera | a peephole motion picture viewer Question 5: two cats fighting in the boxing ring Question 6: Mount Vernon Question 7: C. Francis Jenkins | Thomas Armat Question 8: the Projectoscope Question 9: One was used for recording. | One was used for playback. Question 10: Mary had a little lamb Question 11: writing letters | helping people who are blind | keeping family records