11th Grade History 6-8 Test

Introduced an efficient means of retrieving oil from beneath the earth's surface

• Edwin L. Drake

• Alexander Graham Bell
• Henry Bessemer
• Thomas Edison

Recognizing how important railroads were for settling the West, the government made large land grants to ___?___.

• Railroad Companies

• Native Americans
• The Chinese
• Farmers

Perfected the incandescent light bulb at his research laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey

• Edwin L. Drake
• Alexander Graham Bell
• Henry Bessemer
• Thomas Edison

Developed an entire system for producing and distributing electrical power and organized power plants around the nation.

• Edwin L. Drake
• Alexander Graham Bell
• Henry Bessemer
• Thomas Edison

Who developed an efficient technique for transforming iron into steel?

• Edwin L. Drake
• Alexander Graham Bell
• Henry Bessemer

• Thomas Edison

The violent incident that turned much of the public against the labor movement was known as the

• Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
• Pullman Company Strike
• Homestead Strike
• Haymarket Affair

The Central Pacific Railroad employed thousands of ___?___ immigrants.

• Irish
• German
• Chinese

• Japanese

Under railroad time, the United States was divided into ___?___

• Four

• Five
• Six
• Twelve

By the end of the 19th century, a quarter of the nation's railroads had been taken over by __?__

• Standard Oil
• Carnegie Steel
• The US Government
• Financial Companies

The Union Pacific Railroad employed thousands of ___?___ immigrants.

• Irish

• German
• Chinese
• Japanese