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Telegraph
Patents & Drake
Light bulb
Telephone & Life
100
What was the first message sent on telegraph?
"What hath God wrought"
100
How many patents were issued between 1790 and 1860?
36,000
100
who invented the light bulb?
Thomas Edison
100
Who filled the jobs opportunities that the growing industries brought? Name 3
Immigrants, women, and children
200
In 1860, how long did it take to get mail from the east to the mid-west?
10 days
200
What combination helped create new industries and expand old ones? (2 things)
Financial backing and American ingenuity
200
What two things were replaced from the invention of the light bulb?
Oil lamps and gas lights
200
True or False Electricity was made available to those in rural areas
False Electricity was made available to those in urban areas to those who could afford it
300
What do the short and long electric impulses mean?
Represent letters of the alphabet
300
Where was Edwin L. Drake sent to so he could drill for oil?
Titusville, Pennsylvania
300
What did Lewis Latimer do in relation to the light bulb?
improved it
300
What country was Alexander Graham Bell from?
Scottland
400
What did Samuel Morris do?
He perfected the telegram
400
What made oil even more valuable?
Gasoline
400
What was used to make electricity more practical in homes?
Transformer
400
What number president had a telephone installed into the White House?
19- Rutherford B. Hayes