Module 3 - Growth of Industry

What refined iron and turned it into steel?

• Bessemer Process
• Interstate Commerce Act
• Three Day Weekends
• Smart People

Which was not a CAUSE of the industrial boom?

• Natural resources

• Government support

• Growing cities

• Labor strikes

Which of the following allowed for around the clock work times?

• Phone
• Typewriter
• Electricity/Lightbulb

• Steel

The transcontinental railroad was completed in what state?

• Ohio
• Indiana
• Utah
• California

Which person bought the patent for the electric light bulb and made it available?

• Tesla
• Edison
• Bell
• Carnegie

Which person was an immigrant to the US who pioneered AC electricity?

• Edison
• Tesla
• Brown
• Morris

How many time zones are in the entire world?

• 4
• 8
• 12
• 24

Which industry can be credited with the creation of time zones?

• Railroads
• Steel
• Oil
• Airplanes

Railroads commonly replaced transportation that had previously been done via:

• Wagons/Canals

• Cars

• Planes

• Shuttles

Why were time zones created?

• Scheduling purposes
• China told us to

• For the fun of it
• An executive order