The Second Industrial Revolution

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

• Reconstruction

• American Revolution

• Second Industrial Revolution

• Scientific Revolution

Who invented a quicker and cheaper way to make steel?

• Thomas Edison

• Henry Bessemer

• Henry Ford

• Alexander Graham Bell

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 invented a practical electric bulb in 1879?

• Thomas Alva Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Henry Bessemer

• Henry Ford

Who patented the telephone in March of 1876?

• Henry Bessemer

• Henry Ford

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

Who designed and built a gasoline-powered airplane?

• Wilbur and Orville Wright

• Harriet Strong

• Elisha Otis

• J. Frank and Charles Duryea

What was the name of the of the invention that helped increase steel production?

• kerosene

• air brakes

• Bessemer process

• electricity

Who built the first gasoline-powered automobile in the US?

• Wilbur and Orville Wright

• Harriet Strong

• Elisha Otis

• J. Frank and Charles Duryea

When and where was this picture taken?

• Dayton, OH 1900

• Kitty Hawk, NC 1903

• Boston, MA 1876

• Princeton, NJ 1880