US History II cc Test 1 Chapter 18 Study Guide

Scientist who developed a variety of thornless cactus.

• Luther Burbank

• Andrew Carnegie

• Ira D. Sanky

George Washington Carver discovered that growing what would nourish the soil?

• brussel sprouts

• rice

• peanuts

Who was one of the greatest inventors in history? His most famous invention was the incandescent light bulb.

• John D. Rockefeller

• Thomas Edison

• Nikola Tesla

Who invented the first telephone?

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

• Dwight L. Moody

Who was the American who discovered the Bessemer process for steel?

• Thomas Edison

• George Washington Carver

• William Kelly

Who drilled America's first oil well?

• Edwin Drake

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Clara Barton

Andrew Carnegie was a steel entrepreneur who was one of the first American billionaires.

• Thomas Edison

• Grover Cleveland

• Andrew Carnegie

Who was the financier (banker) who organized the U.S. Steel Corporation?

• J. P. Morgan

• Andrew Carnegie

• Nikola Tesla

Who organized the Standard Oil Company?

• T. De Witt Talmage

• John D. Rockefeller

• William McKinley

A _________ is a business that operates to save its members money rather than to profit.

• cooperative (co-op)

• Greenback

• entrepreneur