6.1 Quiz

Which invention was not featured at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition in 1876?

• A) Alexander Graham Bell's telephone

• B) Thomas Edison's light bulb

• C) Remington's typewriter

• D) Corliss steam engine

Approximately how many visitors attended the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition in 1876?

• A) 5 million

• B) 10 million

• C) 15 million

• D) 20 million

Who was defeated at the Battle of Little Big Horn during the summer of the same year the Panic of 1873 ended?

• General Robert E. Lee

• General Ulysses S. Grant

• General George Custer

• General William T. Sherman

What was the approximate increase in economic growth in the United States in the decades following the Civil War?

• 3%

• 5%

• 7%

• 10%

By the end of the century, how did America's production compare to Great Britain's?

• It was half of Great Britain's production

• It was the same as Great Britain's production

• It doubled Great Britain's production

• It was less than Great Britain's production

Who used a steam engine to drill for oil in Pennsylvania, leading to the oil boom?

• John D. Rockefeller

• Henry Ford

• Edwin L. Drake

• Andrew Carnegie

What was originally a byproduct of oil distillation that was thrown away before the invention of the automobile?

• Diesel

• Gasoline

• Natural Gas

• Coal

What product did refineries primarily produce from oil during the early days of the oil boom?

• Gasoline

• Diesel

• Kerosene

• Natural Gas

What is the primary purpose of the Bessemer process as described in the image?

• To increase the carbon content in iron

• To remove impurities from silver

• To create a lighter, stronger metal, steel, by removing carbon from iron

• To discover iron ore deposits

Who were the biggest customers of the steel industry as mentioned in the learning material?

• Automotive manufacturers

• Construction companies

• Railroads

• Shipbuilding industries