Second Industrial Revolution

What was the period in the late 1800s when US manufacturing experienced rapid growth?

• Industrial Revolution

• American Revolution

• Second Industrial Revolution

• Scientific Revolution

Who invented a quicker and cheaper way to make steel?

• John D. Rockefeller

• Henry Bessemer

• George Pullman

• Nikolaus Otto

Who designed railroad passenger and sleeping cars to make travel more comfortable?

• George Pullman

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• Nikolaus Otto

• Wilbur Wright

Who was the railroad owner who consolidated smaller railroads companies and improved railroad services?

• Alexander Graham Bell

• George Pullman

• George Westinghouse

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

What is cooking, heating, and lighting fuel made by refining crude oil?

• kerosene

• patent

• bessemer

• gasoline

What is an exclusive right to make or sell an invention?

• kerosene

• patent

• gasoline

• bessemer

Who created a workable electric light bulb?

• Thomas Alva Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Henry Bessemer

• George Westinghouse

Who patented the telephone?

• Henry Bessemer

• George Pullman

• Thomas Alva Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

Who created an engine powered by gasoline?

• Nikolaus Otto

• Thomas Alva Edison

• Edwin Drake

• Orville Wright

Who designed and built a gasoline powered airplane?

• Duryea Brothers

• Wright Brothers

• Orville Brothers

• Westinghouse Brothers