CH 4 Inventors and Inventions

Angel Island differed from Ellis Island in that...

• Angel Island was located on the East Coast

• It was the main immigrant station for Chinese immigrants

• It was the main immigrant station for European immigrants

• Most people were only there for a few hours.

Which of the following describes a free enterprise system?

• Consumers are limited to where they can buy goods.

• Competition rarely exists among business owners.

• The government regulates what business owners can produce and how much they can charge for products and services.

• Business owners can decide what to produce and how much to charge for products or services.

Invented the telephone

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Lewis Latimer

• Frank Sprague

• Frank Duryea

Invented the phonograph

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

• Frank Sprague

• Frank Duryea

Which invention changed transportation at the beginning of the 1900s?

• the wagon

• the Pony Express

• the electric streetcar

• the statecoach

Andrew Carnegie...

• invented a new method for making steel

• built a huge steel empire

• built oil refineries

• formed the Westinghouse Electric Company

Founded the Standard Oil Company

• Edwin Drake

• John D. Rockefeller

• William Hearst

• Madame C.J. Walker

Railroads helped the U.S. economy because...

• they charged high rates to farmers.

• they used a lot of steel

• they helped end the shipping industry

• they helped businesses reach far away places.

Growth of big business did NOT cause...

• more Americans to work on farms.

• people moved from farms to cities.

• more jobs

• the U.S. to become the leading producer of manufactured goods.

Angel Island was located in

• San Diego, CA

• Charleston, SC

• between NY and NJ

• San Francisco, CA