Big Business

Who was the inventor of the typewriter?

• Thomas Edison

• Christopher Sholes

• Edwin Drake

• Cyrus Field

• George Pullman

Who developed the transatlantic telegraph cable?

• Cyrus Field

• Henry Bessemer

• George Pullman

• Edwin Drake

Which of these men developed the method to make steel quicker and cheaper?

• Edwin Drake

• Thomas Edison

• George Pullman

• Henry Bessemer

Who created the telephone?

• Alexander G. Bell

• Thomas Edison

• Cyrus Field

• George Westinghouse

Who added the sleeping car to train travel?

• Henry Bessemer

• George Pullman

• George Westinghouse

• Cyrus Field

Inventor of the lightbulb?

• Alexander G. Bell

• George Westinghouse

• Thomas Edison

• Henry Bessemer

Developed the idea of applying airbrakes to trains?

• George Pullman

• George Westinghouse

• Thomas Edison

• Christopher Sholes

Created America's first oil well in Titusville, PA.

• Cyrus Field

• Christopher Sholes

• Henry Bessemer

• Edwin Drake

Money available for investment is called?

• monopoly

• capital

• profit

• partnership

A business with no serious competition is called?

• monopoly

• capital

• partnership

• corporation