12.1 & 12.2 Quiz - "Expansion of Industry" & "Age of Railroads"

How did the Bessemer process improve manufacturing?

• It produced a dense metal that was soft and tended to rust.
• It enabled manufacturers to produce quality steel from scrap metal.
• It provided an efficient process to create a flexible, rust-resistant metal.
• It allowed manufacturers to remove oil from beneath the earth’s surface.

How did the availability of electricity affect the decision of where to locate factories?

• Business owners now had less freedom in deciding where to locate a factory.
• In order to have power, factories now had to be located near rivers or streams.
• Business owners could now consider factors such as population in their decision.
• Since travel was more expensive, factories now had to be located near where workers lived.

What effect did Cornelius Vanderbilt have on transportation in the United States?

• He built the nation’s first transcontinental railroad.
• He improved working conditions and pay for all railroad workers.
• He linked small railroads into a larger network to improve interstate travel.
• He convinced Congress to officially adopt railroad time as the standard for the nation.

Why did George Pullman create a town that provided for the basic needs of his workers?

• He wanted to allow workers as much freedom as possible.
• He thought it was the best way to ensure a stable work force.
• He was more concerned with workers’ happiness than his profit.
• He wanted his town to attract visitors to create a tourism industry.

Why was the Interstate Commerce Act in 1887 significant?

• It granted the states the right to regulate the railroads.
• It marked the first time the federal government regulated an industry.
• It stopped the railroad companies’ misuse of government land grants.
• It allowed the Interstate Commerce Commission to easily regulate railroad rates.

_________ successfully used a steam engine to drill for oil near Titusville, Pennsylvania, making the removal of oil from beneath the earth's surface more practical?

• Edwin L. Drake

• Thomas Edison

• Louis Pasteur

• Alexander Graham Bell

The Brooklyn Bridge was one of the most remarkable structures that was built using this material.

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______________- established the world's first research laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey.

• Nikola Tesla

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

• Louis Pasteur

_____________ was an African American inventor who played a key role in improving the light bulg when he invented a carbon filament in 1881.

• Thomas Edison

• Lewis H. Latimer

• Louis Pasteur

• George Washington Carver

Which of the following affected office work and created new jobs for women?

• typewriter

• tractor

• telephone

• factories