Review 1
What power source replaced water and steam power?
Electricity
Name two things that moved around quickly due to transportation becoming faster.
People and goods
Which industry did the most important technological advances occur in during the Second Industrial Revolution?
Steel
Who created a new way to process iron into steel?
Henry Bessemer.
Who built a lightweight airplane that used a small, gas- powered engine?
The Wright Brothers.
How long did it take to process steel after Henry Bessemer came up with a new way to process steel?
About 15-20 minutes.
Explain the Bessemer Process.
A quick way to manufacture steel quickly and cheaply by blasting hot air through melted iron to quickly remove the impurities.
Name three products included in your notes that were made from steel.
Barbed wires, nails, and beams for buildings.
What allowed manufacturing and farm goods to get different places fresher and faster.
Refrigerated rail cars.
Which bridge was the first suspension bridge to use steel cables?
Brooklyn Bridge
What grew thanks to the production of more rail lines?
Cities
What allowed for the growth of the western U.S. that the railroads provided people?
Free tickets.
What kind of fuel did scientists create as an inexpensive way to convert unprocessed oil?
Kerosene
From your notes, name two places that kerosene was used for light.
Homes and businesses
Who drilled the first commercial oil well in the U.S.?
Edwin Drake
Name three states where oil became big business after Edwin Drake drilled the first commercial oil well in Pennsylvania?
Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia.
Which power source became a critical source of light and power in the late 19th century?
Electricity.
Who invented the first electric lightbulb?
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison built a power plant that began supplying electricity to which major city in 1882?
New York City.
The competition between this inventor and Thomas Edison will allow electricity to spread outside of cities.
George Westinghouse
Which areas were connected due to the invention of telegraph wires.
The east and west coasts.
Who patented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell.
Name two things that Henry Ford did to help lower the costs of the automobile.
Invented the Model T and implements the moving assembly line.