The Second Industrial Revolution

What invention allowed your aunt to turn on electric lights with a button?

• Telephone

• Electric streetcar

• Electric lightbulb

• Kerosene lamp

What was the Bessemer process used for?

• Manufacturing steel

• Refining oil

• Generating electricity

• Building railroads

What industry saw significant technological advances during the Second Industrial Revolution?

• Steel industry

• Oil industry

• Telegraph industry

• Automobile industry

What was the main advantage of using steel in railroad construction?

• Reduced cost of building railroads

• Improved passenger service

• Increased western growth

• Employment opportunities

What breakthrough in the late 1800s allowed the use of oil as a power source?

• Invention of the electric lightbulb

• Discovery of crude oil

• Development of the Bessemer process

• Invention of the telephone

Who invented the telephone?

• Henry Ford

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

• Wilbur and Orville Wright

What was the purpose of Thomas Edison's research center in Menlo Park?

• To invent the electric lightbulb

• To study the science of sound

• To develop the moving assembly line

• To improve communication technologies

What was the main advantage of George Westinghouse's power system?

• Ability to send electricity over long distances

• Lower cost of electricity

• Faster production of steel

• Improved passenger service

What invention did Alexander Graham Bell patent in 1876?

• Electric lightbulb

• Telephone

• Gasoline engine

• Motorcar

Who introduced the Model T and implemented the moving assembly line in manufacturing?

• Henry Ford

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

• Wilbur and Orville Wright