Chapter 6 a new industrial age test review

Section 1

What did edwin L. Drake do?

He successfully used a steam engine to drill for oil near titusville, PA.

Who developed an efficient technique for transforming iron into steel?

Henry bessemer

Who invented the typewriter?

Christopher sholes

Who perfected the incandescent light bulb at his research laboratory in Menlo Park, NJ and  developed an entire system for producing and distributing electrical power and organized power plants around the nation?

thomas alva edison

Who invented the telephone?

Alexander graham bell

What were three major factors that contributed to the immense technological boom that took place in the United States after the Civil War?  

1. abundant natural resources 2. an explosion of inventions 3   1. abundant natural resources 2. an explosion of inventions 3. a rapidly growing urban population

Section 2

COMPLETED IN 1869, WHAT LINKED THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC COASTS?

TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD

WHAT industrialist’S company produced standard railroad cars and elegant sleeping carS?

George M. Pullman

What construction company formed in 1864 by owners of the Union Pacific Railroad used it to fraudulently skim off railroad profits for themselves?

Credit Mobilier

In which supreme court case did the states win the right to regulate railroads for the benefits of farmers and consumers?

Munn v. Illinois

What act established the right of the federal government to supervise railroad activities and establish a five-member interstate commission (icc) for that purpose?

Interstate commerce act

What reasons did average Americans of the late 1800s have to approve of the railroad companies?

Laying thousands of miles of track providing quick, comfortable travel efficiently moving goods across vast regions of the nation the standardization of time made daily life more convenient

What reasons did average Americans of the late 1800s have to disapprove of the railroad companies?

Standardization of time seemed an abuse of the railroads’ power Standardization of time seemed an abuse of the railroads’ power and an intrusion on their lives Average Americans probably didn’t appreciate how railroad companies treated their workers, discriminated against farmers and drove them into debt engaged in political corruption and the stealing of large sums of money.

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