History Ch. 15

Peanuts and Sweet Potatoes

George Washington Carver found so many uses for these two things that they were soon in demand throughout the world.

John D. Rockefeller

He became the wealthiest man in America by 1870.

Andrew Carnegie

He became the world's greatest builder of free libraries.

John Roebling

He came up with the Brooklyn Bridge plan which attempted to connect Manhattan and Brooklyn.

Lyman Stewart

He established the Union Oil Company of California in 1886.

Edwin L. Drake

He invented a stovepipe casing to keep the whole from caving in when drilling for oil.

George Eastman

He invented the box camera and roll film.

Thomas Edison

He invented the first incandescent light bulb.

Alexander Graham Bell

He invented the telephone.

Lyman Stewart

He set of for Los Angeles, California in order to drill for oil.

Alexander Graham Bell

He taught many deaf children.

Christopher Sholes

He teamed up with two other men to produce the first practical commercial typewriter.

Thomas Watson

He was Alexander Graham Bell's assistant who was known as the "hands" in producing the first telephone.

John Roebling

He was a German-born engineer who pioneered the design of suspension bridges.

Joseph Lister

He was an English doctor who demonstrated the effectiveness of antiseptic (germ-killing) solutions to treat wounds.

Edwin L. Drake

He was the first person (along with his Uncle Billy Smith) to drill for oil.

Edwin Farrington

He was the man who volunteered to inspect and test the supporting wires on top of the Brooklyn Bridge.

Louis Sullivan

He was the young Irish-American from Boston who traveled to Chicago to repair the city after the fire in 1871.

George Washington Carver

His discoveries completely transformed the agriculture in the South.

Sir Henry Bessemer

In 1856, he developed an inexpensive method of turning iron ore into steel.

Drake's Folly

People called Edwin L. Drake's plan to drill for oil this.

Empire State Building

Technological improvements resulted in this giant 102-story building in 1931.

Life on the Mississippi

What was the first book to be entirely typed on the typewriter?

Wainwright Building

What was the first modern American skyscraper?

Wainwright Building

What was the name of the skyscraper that Louis Sullivan built?

"Mr. Watson, come here. I want you!"

What were the first understandable words transmitted by a telephone?

1869

What year was it when the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad meet?

First Transcontinental Railroad

When the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad met in 1869, what was completed?

Promontory Point

Where did the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad meet?

Elisha Otis

Who demonstrated his safety elevator in front of a New York crowd?

Thomas Edison

Who said his inventions came from "1% inspiration and 99% perspiration"?

Mark Twain

Who was the first author to type an entire book on a typewriter?

Thomas Edison

Who's inventions included the electric generator, the storage battery, the phonograph, and the motion picture machine?

anesthetics

With the introduction of better this, surgery made even greater progress.

C. W. Post

According to the "American Inventions in the Age of Industry," who invented breakfast cereal?

George Westinghouse

According to the "American Inventions in the Age of Industry," who invented the air brake?

George Eastman

According to the "American Inventions in the Age of Industry," who invented the box camera and roll film?

Thomas Edison

According to the "American Inventions in the Age of Industry," who invented the electric incandescent lamp?

Singer Sewing Machine Co.

According to the "American Inventions in the Age of Industry," who invented the electric sewing machine?

Christopher Sholes

According to the "American Inventions in the Age of Industry," who invented the first commercial typewriter?

Montgomery Ward Co.

According to the "American Inventions in the Age of Industry," who invented the mail-order catalog?

Thomas Edison

According to the "American Inventions in the Age of Industry," who invented the microphone?

Thomas Edison

According to the "American Inventions in the Age of Industry," who invented the mimeograph machine?

Thomas Edison

According to the "American Inventions in the Age of Industry," who invented the motion-picture camera?

Thomas Edison

According to the "American Inventions in the Age of Industry," who invented the phonograph?

Alexander Graham Bell

According to the "American Inventions in the Age of Industry," who invented the telephone?

Thomas Edison

According to the "American Inventions in the Age of Industry," who invented the voting machine?

Carnegie Steel Company

Back in Pittsburgh, PA, this became the largest manufacturer of steel in the world.

John D. Rockefeller

By 1869, he had formed the Standard Oil Company of Ohio.

Andrew Carnegie

By 1890, he became one of the wealthiest men in the world.

Providence Hospital

Daniel Hale Williams established the first inter-racial hospital in the United States. (In Chicago)

long distance phone calls

During the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, the American Bell Telephone Company invited people to make what type of phone calls to New York and Boston?

Central Pacific Railroad

In 1863, workers for this began laying railroad tracks in Sacramento, California, working their way eastward through the Sierra Nevadas.

Union Pacific Railroad

In 1865, workers for this began laying railroad tracks in Omaha, Nebraska, working their way through the Great Plains and over the Rocky Mountains.

Bellevue Hospital

In 1873, this in New York opened the first school of nursing.

World's Columbian Exposition

In 1893, Americans celebrated their industrial progress with a great World's Fair which was also known as this. (Took place in Chicago)

1876

In what year did Alexander Graham Bell invent the telephone?

1888

In what year did George Eastman invent the first box camera and roll film?

1879

In what year did Thomas Edison develop the first successful incandescent light bulb?

1871

In what year did a fire destroy the city of Chicago, Illinois?

Johns Hopkins Medical School

The idea of extensive medical research began with the opening of this in 1893.

Union Oil Company of California

This became the largest independent oil company on the West Coast.

Age of Industry

This era introduced America to manufactured clothing, packaged cereals, commercially canned foods, typewriters, telephones, light bulbs, electric stoves, and many other innovations that we take for granted today.

philanthropy

This is giving away large sums of money to needy individuals and private charities.

entrepreneur

This is someone who risks personal loss to develop and market a new product.

Kodak

This was George Eastman's camera that consisted of a light-proof box with a lens in the front and film in the back.

Tuskegee Institute

This was the place where George Washington Carver worked in his own invention factory.

"The Invention Factory"

Thomas Edison's laboratory in Menlo Park (NJ) became known as this.

QWERTY System

To prevent keys from getting stuck together, Sholes spread out the most common letters on the keyboard which is known as this system.

Otis Brothers and Company

What became the largest elevator manufacturer in the world?

Chicago

What city became the first center of skyscraper architecture?

Horticulture

What field did George Washington Carver develop a reputation of being a genius?

Horticulture

What is the study and growing of plants?

Chinese Immigrants

What people laid the track for the Central Pacific Railroad?

Irish Immigrants and Civil War Veterans

What people laid the track for the Union Pacific Railroad?

Ferris Wheel

What towered over the World's Columbian Exposition that measured 264 feet high?