THE AGE OF INDUSTRY

Who is believed the greatest inventor America has ever produced?

• Thomas Watson

• Thomas Edison

• Washington Carver

• Alexander Graham Bell

Inventor of the microphone

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• George Washington Carver

• Booker T. Washington

His discoveries completely transformed agricultural practices in the South.

• Thomas Edison

• Booker T. Washington

• George Washington Carver

• Andrew Carnegie

Who pioneered the design of suspension bridges?

• Thomas Edison

• Andrew Carnegie

• John Roebling

• Elisha Otis

What invention changed offices in the late 1800s?

• Typewriter

• Cash register

• Telephone

• All of the above

What made Chicago a great city?

• The telegraph

• The railroads

• Skyscrapers

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

• Carnegie Steel Company

• Bessemer Steel Company

• Drake's Folly

• Standard Steel Company

Who believed that profits are the means by which a man could reach out and help others?

• John D. Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• Edwin L. Drake

• Henry Besemer