Unit Terms Review: Industrialization, Immigration, & Urbanizati

What did the Bessemer Process involve?

• A method for drilling oil more efficiently

• A technique for mass-producing cotton

• A method for mass-producing steel

• A process for generating electricity

What is Thomas Alva Edison best known for inventing?

• The telephone

• The typewriter

• The practical electric light bulb

• The steam engine

What significant invention is Christopher Sholes credited with?

• The phonograph

• The motion picture camera

• The electric light bulb

• The typewriter

Which of the following statements is true about Alexander Graham Bell?

• He was an American businessman who pioneered the oil industry.

• He was a Scottish-born scientist and inventor.

• He invented the practical electric light bulb.

• He developed the Bessemer Process for steel production.

Who is credited with inventing the telephone in 1876?

• George M. Pullman

• Andrew Carnegie

• Credit Mobilier

• None of the above

What is George M. Pullman best known for inventing?

• The telephone

• The Pullman sleeping car

• The Interstate Commerce Commission

• Carnegie Steel

What was the Credit Mobilier scandal associated with?

• The invention of the telephone

• The construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad

• The regulation of grain elevator rates by the state of Illinois

• The establishment of Carnegie Steel

What was the outcome of the Munn v. Illinois case?

• It led to the invention of the Pullman sleeping car

• It established the Interstate Commerce Commission

• It upheld the state's right to regulate private businesses that serve the public interest

• It exposed corruption in the steel industry

What significant effect did the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 have on railroad companies?

• It required them to publish standard rates.

• It allowed them to set any prices they wanted without government oversight.

• It decreased the amount of railroad construction.

• It increased the use of air transport over railroads.

What is Andrew Carnegie known for?

• Inventing the telephone

• Building a vast steel industry empire in the late 19th century

• Inventing the Pullman sleeping car

• Establishing the Credit Mobilier