Chapter 14 section 1: the Expansion of Industry

What factors led the U.S become the leading industrial power?

• Wealth of natural resources

• Government support business

• Growing urban population

• All of the above

What were the biggest natural resources in the U.S?

• Steel

• Oil

• Coal

• All of the above

What is "Black Gold"?

• Oil

• Coal

• Gasoline

• I don't know

How much steel was produced by the Bessemer process

• 90%

• 70%

• 80%

• 99%

Christopher Sholes invented

• 
• Lightbulb

• Telephone

What did Alexander Graham Bell invent in 1876?

• The typewriter

• Telephone

• Lightbulb

• Sewing machine

How did inventions change lifestyle?

• The average workweek had been reduced by 10 hours.

• The inventions created more job opportunities for women in the office.

• Improved their standard of living

• All of the above

How did Edwin L. Drake help industry?

• he founded oil in the spring around Spindletop.

• He created a the Bessemer process

• He used a steam engine to drill for oil