From what country did Andrew Carnegie come and in what year? How old was he?
What is Scotland, 1848, 13
100
Samuel Slater brought his plans for building a spinning machine to America. What was he disguised as? Where did he have the plans for the spinning machine?
What is a farmer and in his head
100
In what had Cornelius Vanderbilt made his fortune before entering the railroad business?
What is shipping
100
List 3 reasons most businessmen built their factories in cities.
What is cities provided good transportation , plenty of workers, lots of customers for their products
100
From where did most immigrants come?
What is Europe
200
What is industrialization?
What is the production of goods by machine in large factories rather than by hand
200
What was the most important contributor to America's industrial growth?
What is the building of the railroads
200
What turned small towns into bustling cities?
What is railroads
200
From what 2 places did most new city dwellers come?
What is Europe and America's countryside
200
What architect figured out the secret to building taller buildings?
What is William LeBaron Jenny
300
What was the secret to building taller buildings?
What is building a skeleton to carry the weight of the building and make outer walls a covering for it
300
List 3 major inventions of the Industrial Revolution.
What is telephone, typewriter, internal combustion engine, tobacco rolling machine, refrigerated rail car
300
What invention came about at the same time tall buildings were being built?
What is elevators
300
Name 2 things you learned about Thomas Edison.
What is answers will vary
300
Name 3 things Thomas Edison invented.
What is phonograph, light bulb, moving picture camera, storage battery
400
What did William Kelly and Henry Bessemer discover how to do?
What is burn the impurities out of iron quickly and cheaply
400
For what was oil originally used?
What is kerosene lamps
400
Name 3 things some of the "Captains of Industry" gave generously to?
What is museums, parks, hospitals, universities and colleges, libraries, concert halls, University of Chicago to finance medical research
400
What 3 forms of transportation helped change the shape of the American city?
What is trolley cars, elevated railroads, subways
400
What is a tenement?
What is a crowded apartment building
500
What is the name of one of the most corrupt political bosses in history?
What is William Marcy Tweed
500
How old was Thomas Edison when he started to school?
What is 8
500
Why did Thomas Edison wait so long to start school?
What is because of childhood illness
500
Why did Thomas Edison's mother pull him out of school?
What is because a teacher called him stupid
500
What is the name of the mansion built in California by the widow of a gun manufacturer?