Chapter 14 CP Test

Who invented the telephone?

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Watson

• Thomas Edison

• George Washington Carver

Who assisted Alexander Bell in the invention of the telephone?

• Thomas Edison

• George Washington Carver

• Elisha Otis

• Thomas Watson

What was Thomas Edison's MOST FAMOUS invention?

• phonograph

• incandescent light bulb

• storage battery

• electric generators

Who pioneered the design of suspension bridges?

• Thomas Edison

• Frank Lloyd Wright

• Elias Howe

• John Roebling

What company became the largest manufacturer of steel in the world?

• Venango Valley Steel Company

• Standard Steel Company

• Carnegie Steel Company

• American Steel Company

developed an inexpensive method of turning iron ore into steel

• Andrew Carnegie

• Thomas Edison

• Sir Henry Bessemer

• Edwin Drake

first successful oil well

• Drake's Folly

• Promontory Falls

• Carnegie Expansion

• Bessemer's Field

founded Standard Oil Company; became the wealthiest man in America

• Andrew Carnegie

• George Eastman

• Christopher Sholes

• John D. Rockefeller

one who risks personal loss to develop and market a new product

• entrepeneur

• capitalist

• individualist

The Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad were the two lines that constructed the first _____________ railroad.

• intercontinental

• national

• transcontinental

• international