Transcontinental Railroad
The Steel Industry
The Oil Industry
Thomas Alva Edison
Inventors
100
Railroad made up of different lines (Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad)
What is the Transcontinental Railroad
100
Iron railroad tracks were replaced by ________ tracks because___________.
What is steel tracks because steel tracks was harder and last longer.
100
This fuel made from petroleum was widely used for
What is lighting lamps.
100
The equivalent of the world wide web
What is the telegraph
100
Laboratory in Menlo Park, NJ in 1876
Who is Thomas Edison
200
People being able to move and the ability to trade easier between different parts of the country caused:
What is the economy to grow.
200
He set up his steel mill business in Pennsylvania and bought ________ and _________ mines to supply them.
Who is Andrew Carnegie; What is coal and iron.
200
Edward Drake's drilling of an oil well caused:
What is an oil boom to take place.
200
Thomas Edison's first serious invention in 1869.
What is an electrical vote recorder.
200
Made his money in the oil industry.
Who is John D. Rockefeller
300
His invention that improved the air break and developed a telegraph system for stations and trains to communicate.
Who is Granville T. Woods
300
He used steel frames to build taller taller buildings (skyscrapers).
Who is William Jenny.
300
In _____, John D. Rockefeller combined his oil refineries into one business called _________:
What is 1863, Standard Oil Company
300
Edison's telegraph system could send more than:
What is one message over a single wire.
300
Made his money in the steel industry.
Who is Andrew Carnegie.
400
Invented the air brake.
Who is George Westinghouse.
400
A suspension bridge made from steel cables and beams. The bridge links Manhattan with Brooklyn, ________ and was built by German immigrant __________.
What is the Brooklyn Bridge; New York; John Roebling
400
Rockefeller put many companies out of business because:
What is he bought other businesses and owned his own materials for making products.
400
Edison's best known inventions were:
What is electrical light bulb and improvement of the telephone.
400
Alexander Graham Bell
What is invented the telephone.
500
Where workers laid the last of the TCR on May 10, 1869.
What is Promontory, Utah.
500
The steel industry spread to cities along the great lakes because of:
What is a large deposits of iron ore discovered west of Lake Superior.
500
Rockefeller turned his oil refineries from producing oil to producing gasoline and engine oil after:
What is after the gasoline engine was invented.
500
Edison's 1882 invention was ___________ and where?
What is the first central power station in New York City.
500
Miles of track laid for Transcontinental Railroad
What is 193,000 miles (311,000 km)
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