Inventors

Question 1

Henry Bessemer

Answer 1

Created process for making steel stronger and allows for taller buildings

Steel is in high demand as railroads spread to the west
Skyscrapers lead to urbanization

Question 2

Bessemer Process

Answer 2

First inexpensive process that allowed for mass production of steel

Question 3

Edwin L Drake

Answer 3

Drilled for oil in Pennsylvania in 1859.
Oil is discovered but it does not have any use as gasoline (Cars).

Black Gold

Kerosene that comes from oil becomes widely used for lamps in households.
Eventually oil will lead to massive business growth

Question 4

Christopher Sholes

Answer 4

Invented the typewriter in 1867,
allows many more people the ability to share ideas

Question 5

Alexander Graham Bell

Answer 5

Invented the Telephone 1876

Improvement over telegram
was looking to help his sister hear better

Not widely used until late 1800s

Question 6

Thomas Alva Edison

Answer 6

GOAT of Inventors

Electricity
Light Bulb
Phonograph
Motion Picture
Electric Chair

Question 7

Who invented Electricity

Answer 7

Thomas Edison

Experiments with generators that can send electric currents through wires.
Competes with Nicola Tesla to perfect a system.

Question 8

Who invented the Light Bulb

Answer 8

Thomas Alva Edison

Kerosene lamps are dangerous and cause fires.

Takes over 2000 tries to invent the bulb in 1880

Question 9

Phonograph

Answer 9

Record player invented by Edison in 1877

ability to record and playback sound.

Question 10

Motion Picture

Answer 10

Edison invented in 1892

First commercially produced motion picture camera

Question 11

Electric Chair

Answer 11

Dispute over which is more dangerous AC or DC current

Alternating Current Westinghouse)
Descending current (Edison) Invents electric chair.

First use is a disaster, man lives for 77 seconds.

Question 12

Wright Brothers

Answer 12

Orville and Wilbur

First successful flight in December of 1903 at Kitty Hawk
North Carolina