What did Alexander Graham Bell invent?
the telephone
Who helped Alexander Graham Bell with his invention?
Thomas Watson who made the electrical parts for the telephone.
Name three of Thomas Edison's inventions
electric light bulb, phonograph, motion picture machine, electric generator, etc.
What did Lewis Latimer draft for some famous inventors?
Patents
What was Nikola Tesla known for?
AC or Alternating Current and the Tesla coil
How did Christopher Sholes' invention affect businesses and books?
The first commercial typewriter made it so businesses hired women as secretaries and books could be typed.
Who studied horticulture and developed the idea of crop rotation to replenish depleted soil?
George Washington Carver
Before George Eastman's invention, what was difficult about taking photographs?
cameras were bulky& expensive, camera person had to be under a cloth, subject had to stay still
Mr. & Mrs. Roebling helped, one with the design, the other with building what (name and type)?
The Brooklyn Bridge, a suspension bridge
What made Chicago the perfect place to try out the new types of buildings known as _____?
It was a major city and needed to be rebuilt after a fire in 1871; skyscrapers
Who was the architect who helped with rebuilding Chicago and what all-steel framed building was he known for designing?
Louis Sullivan; Wainwright building
What was needed inside of the tall buildings and who invented the safe version of these?
Elisha Otis; the safety elevator
What industry and what practice was Andrew Carnegie famous for?
Steel and philanthropy
Who invented the inexpensive process of turning iron ore into steel?
Sir Henry Bessemer
Explain what Drake's folly was and where it was located.
Colonel Edwin Drake was the first to drill for oil in Titusville, PA. People made fun of him for it.
Who founded the Standard Oil company in Ohio and became the richest person in America?
John D. Rockefeller
