vocabulary
A machine that produces an electric current
What is a Generator
Who invented the telephone.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell
What was is it called when State and federal governments use tariffs, land grants, and subsidies to help businesses grow.
What is government assistance
Who invented the light bulb
Thomas edison
Which industry had the biggest impact in the 1800s
What is the railroad industry
What could be made cheaply from an oily liquid?
What is petroleum
Who invented a machine to reduce the time needed to fasten shoe leather to the sole.
Who is Jan Matzeliger
steamboats, canals, and railroads made it possible to ship items long distances more quickly.
What is improved transportation
Who developed the telegraph
Samuel Morse
Who invented machines for packaging and shoemaking and also improved motors and engines.
Margaret Knight
Where is the place that Alexander Graham bell showed his invention of the telephone?
What is the Centennial Exhibition?
Who invented the Bessemer steel process?
Who is William Kelly and Henry Bessemer.
The demand for goods spurred the growth of industry during what time
1860 to 1900
Who was a teacher to the deaf
Alexander Graham bell
What did Granville T. Woods do
Patented devices to improve the telephone and telegraph
What was the name of the new manufacturing technique in the 1850s
What is the Bessemer steel process?
who helped invent the first practical typewriter in 1867.
Who is Christopher Latham Sholes
About how many people immigrated to the united states.
14 million
What was Jan Matzeliger known for
A machine that fastened shoe leather
Who patented the sewing machine
Who is Elias Howe
What is a government document giving an inventor the exclusive right to make and sell his or her invention for a specific number of years?
What is a Patent?
What is the name of the inventor who found the most ways to use electricity?
Who is Thomas Edison?
Some of the canals were built because of whos system.
Who is Henry Clay
Who invented the phonograph and moving picture viewer
Thomas edison
What invention allowed more people to connect to the telephone network
What is the Switch board