USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Wright Brothers were responsible for starting the ____
A
meat-packing industry
B
steel industry
C
shipping industry
D
aircraft industry
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Wilbur and Orville Wright were American inventors and pioneers of aviation. In 1903 the Wright brothers achieved one of the first flights with a powered, sustained and controlled airplane; they surpassed their own milestone two years later when they built and flew the first fully practical airplane.

Detailed explanation-2: -Wilbur and Orville Wright spent four years of research and development to create the first successful powered airplane, the 1903 Wright Flyer. It first flew at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903, with Orville at the controls.

Detailed explanation-3: -“The importance of Charles Taylor’s role in helping the Wright brothers achieve their dream of heavier-than-air powered flight should not be understated, ” Hudson said.

Detailed explanation-4: -Wilbur and Orville Wright are best remembered for making the first successful powered airplane flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in 1903. Their story, however, goes much deeper than that. Come see how two self-taught mechanics from Dayton, Ohio, with the help of family and friends, changed our world forever.

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