NEW INDUSTRIES QUIZ #3

CONGRESS GAVE TWO RAILROAD COMPANIES THE RIGHT TO BUILD A ___________________

• RAILROAD

• TRANSCONTINENTAL

• RAILROAD TRANSCONTINENTAL

• TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD

THIS NEW KINDS OF BUILDINGS WERE CALLED

• SCRAPERS

• SKYSCRAPERS

FOR YEARS PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT THE

• GAS

• PETROLEUM

• FUEL

A___________IS A WORKERS GROUP THAT FIGHTS FOR BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS AND PAY.

• UNION

• LABOR UNION

IN A _____________ WORKERS REFUSE TO WORK UNTIL EMPLOYERS MEET THEIR DEMANDS.

• STRIKE

• SIKE

THIS ALLOWS EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS TO DISCUSS AND AGREE ON WORKING CONDITIONS.

• COLLECTION AID

• COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

1872 PENNSYLVANIA BUSINESSMAN WHO SAW A NEW FOR MAKING STEEL WHILE VISITING BRITAIN.

• ANDREW CARNEGIE

• MESABI RANGE

IN 1863 HE SET UP AN OIL REFINERY NEAR CLEVELAND.

• JOSEPH D. ROCKEFELLER

• JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

IN 1874, HE OPENED A LABORATORY IN NEW JERSEY.

• LEWIS LATTIMER

• THOMAS ALVA EDISON

AFRICAN AMERICAN ENGINEER ON EDISON'S TEAM, HE DIRECTED THE BUILDING OF THIS FIRST CENTRAL POWER STATION.

• MESABI RANGE

• LEWIS LATTIMER