A New Industrial Age

Which invention was perfected by Thomas Edison?

• typewriter
• light bulb
• diesel engine
• airplane

What invention helped to make steel?

• electrical power station
• assembly line
• bessemer process
• diesel engine

Within approximately 30 years (1870 - 1900) - Americans go from mostly....

• factory work to farmers
• using railroads to using boats
• farmers to mostly factory workers
• working outside the home to working inside the home

Introduced an efficient means of retrieving oil from beneath the earth's surface

• Edwin L. Drake
• Alexander Graham Bell
• Henry Bessemer
• Thomas Edison

Recognizing how important railroads were for settling the West, the government made large land grants to ___?___.

• Railroad Companies
• Native Americans
• The Chinese
• Farmers

Perfected the incandescent light bulb at his research laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey

• Edwin L. Drake
• Alexander Graham Bell
• Henry Bessemer
• Thomas Edison

Developed an entire system for producing and distributing electrical power and organized power plants around the nation.

• Edwin L. Drake
• Alexander Graham Bell
• Henry Bessemer
• Thomas Edison

Who developed an efficient technique for transforming iron into steel?

• Edwin L. Drake
• Alexander Graham Bell
• Henry Bessemer
• Thomas Edison

The Central Pacific Railroad employed thousands of ___?___ immigrants.

• Irish
• German
• Chinese
• Japanese

Under railroad time, the United States was divided into ___?___

• Four
• Five
• Six
• Twelve