CHAPTER 6 A NEW INDUSTRIAL AGE

TEST REVIEW

SECTION 1

WHAT DID EDWIN L. DRAKE DO?

HE SUCCESSFULLY USED A STEAM ENGINE

TO DRILL FOR OIL NEAR TITUSVILLE, PA.

WHO DEVELOPED AN EFFICIENT TECHNIQUE

FOR TRANSFORMING IRON INTO STEEL?

HENRY BESSEMER

WHO INVENTED THE TYPEWRITER?

CHRISTOPHER SHOLES

WHO PERFECTED THE INCANDESCENT L IGHT BULB AT HIS RESEARCH LAB ORATORY IN MENLO

PARK, NJAND

 DEVELOPED AN ENTIRE SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING AND

DISTRIBUTING ELECTRICAL POWER AND ORGANIZED POWER PLANTS

AROUND THE NATION?

THOMAS ALVA EDISON

WHO INVENTED THE TELEPHONE?

ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL

WHAT WERE THREE MAJOR FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTED

TO THE IMMENSE TECHNOLOGICAL BOOM THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE UNITED

STATES AFTER THE CIVIL WAR?  

 

1 . A B U N D A N T N AT U R A L R E S O U R C E S 2 . A N E X P L O S I O N O F I N V E N T I O N S

3 . A R A P I D LY G R O W I N G U R B A N P O PU L AT I O N

SECTION 2

COMPLETED IN 1869, WHAT LINKED THE

ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC COASTS?

TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD

WHAT INDUSTRIALIST’S COMPANY PRODUCED STANDARD RAILROAD CARS AND ELEGANT

SLEEPING CARS?

GEORGE M. PULLMAN

WHAT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FORMED IN 1864 BY

OWNERS OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD USED IT TO

FRAUDULENTLY SKIM OFF RAILROAD PROFITS FOR

THEMSELVES?

CREDIT MOBILIER

IN WHICH SUPREME COURT CASE DID THE

STATES WIN THE RIGHT TO REGULATE RAILROADS FOR

THE BENEFITS OF FARMERS AND CONSUMERS?

MUNN V. ILLINOIS

WHAT ACT ESTABLISHED THE RIGHT OF THE FEDERAL

GOVERNMENT TO SUPERVISE RAILROAD ACTIVITIES AND ESTABLISH A FIVE-MEMBER INTERSTATE COMMISSION (ICC) FOR THAT PURPOSE?

INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT

WHAT REASONS DID AVERAGE AMERICANS

OF THE LATE 1800S HAVE TO APPROVE OF

THE RAILROAD COMPANIES?

L AY I N G T H O U S A N D S O F M I L E S O F T R A C K

P R OV I D I N G Q U I C K , C O M F O RTA B L E T R AV E L

E F F I C I E N T LY M OV I N G G O O D S A C R O SS VA S T R E G I O N S O F T H E N AT I O N

T H E S TA N D A R D I Z AT I O N O F T I M E M A D E D A I LY L I F E M O R E C O N V E N I E N T

WHAT REASONS DID AVERAGE AMERICANS

OF THE LATE 1800S HAVE TO DISAPPROVE

OF THE RAILROAD COMPANIES?

S TA N D A R D I Z AT I O N O F T I M E S E E M E D A N A B U S E O F T H E R A I L R O A D S ’ P O W E R A N D

A N I N T R U S I O N O N T H E I R L I V E S

AV E R A G E A M E R I C A N S P R O B A B LY D I D N ’ T A P P R E C I AT E H O W R A I L R O A D

C O M PA N I E S T R E AT E D T H E I R W O R K E R S, D I S C R I M I N AT E D A G A I N S T FA R M E R S A N D

D R O V E T H E M I N T O D E B TE N G A G E D I N P O L I T I C A L C O R R U P T I O N A N D

T H E S T E A L I N G O F L A R G E S U M S O F M O N E Y.

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