Help
Options
Question
Who invented the typewriter?
click to flip
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't know
Question
Who invented the telephone?
Remaining cards (22)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
US CH6 Study Guide
US History(Honors) CH 6-Study Guide-A New Industrial Age
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who invented the typewriter? | Christopher Sholes |
| Who invented the telephone? | Alexander Graham Bell |
| Who developed an efficient technique for transforming iron into steel? | Henry Bessemer |
| Who introduced an efficient means of retrieving oil from beneath the earth's surface? | Edwin L. Drake |
| Who perfected the incandescent light bulb at his research laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey? | Thomas Alva Edison |
| Who developed an entire system for producing and distributing electrical power and organized power plants around the nation? | Thomas Alva Edison |
| Which resources played crucial roles in industrialization? | Oil,coal, and iron |
| How did the Bessemer process allow better use of iron ore? | Made the process of turning iron ore into steel quicker and more efficient |
| What new uses for steel were developed at this time? | Steel railroad tracks, barbed wire, farm machines, and taller buildings |
| Recognizing how important railroads were for settling the West, the government made large ________ to the rail road companies. | land grants and loans |
| the Central Pacific Rail Road employed thousands of ___(1)___ immigrants, while numerous ___(2)___ immigrants worked for the Union Pacific Railroad. | 1) Chinese 2) Irish |
| Under railroad time, the United States was divided into ___ time zones. | four |
| Various measures enacted to regulate railroads were known as ___. | Granger Laws |
| By the end of the 19th century, a quarter of the nation's railroads had been taken over by __. | financial companies |
| In what ways did the railroad companies use their power to hurt farmers? | selling government land to businesses instead of farmers, entering agreements for fixed prices, and charging different rates for different customers |
| Why didn't the decision in the Munn v. Illinois case succeed in checking the power of the railroads? | 9 years later, the Supreme Court ruled that a state could not set rates on interstate commerce |
| The type of cost hardest for business owners to control was... | labor |
| A corporation that did nothing but buy out the stocks of other companies was known as a... | holding company |
| John D. Rockefeller became a magnate of the.. | American oil industry |
| To improve their labor conditions, many industrial workers formed... | unions |
| The Great Strike of 1887 involved workers for some of the nation's... | railroad companies |
| A violent incident that turned much of the public against the labor movement was know as the... | Haymarket Affair |
| By World War I, membership in the American Federation of Labor was around... | two million |
Created by:
LgnSchvl
Popular U.S. History sets