Technology and Inventors/Philanthropists

Question 1

Andrew Carnegie (philanthropist)

Answer 1

Vertical Integration, railroads, subways, skyscrapers, created monopoly steel company (Carnegie Steel Company)

Question 2

Henry Bessemer

Answer 2

invented the Bessemer Steel Process, used in bridges, trains, + rails, helped to make skyscrapers possible

Question 3

Thomas Edison

Answer 3

had an invention factory-helped use electricity for light + power, created 1st lightbulb, electrical power station (and everything it needed) phonograph, + motion picture projector used electric motors instead of steam engines or water wheels

Question 4

Telephone

Answer 4

Alexander Graham Bell “talking machine” spilled acid on it- made American industry more efficient (business communication very fast) allowed for cross-country communication

Question 5

Henry Ford

Answer 5

mastered moving assembly lines- way to mass-produce cars
MALs= the use of interchangeable parts + assembly lines to make big quantities of the same goods
more goods spending less $
sold @ lower prices (affordable)

Question 6

Orville + Wilbur Wright

Answer 6

piloted 1st “flying machine” - US postal service used planes to transport mail + wealthy traveled cross-country