Flashcards in Unit 7 - Quiz 1 Deck (10)
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What does "gilded" mean?
Covered with gold
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What metal helped spur the industrial revolution?
Steel
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What process helped to make steel cheaper?
Besseman process
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What raw resource - that once it is refined creates gasoline, kerosene, and a distillate?
Oil
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What railroad connects the west to the east?
Transcontinental railroad
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Who were the first in flight?
The Wright Brothers
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What is the name of the dots and dashes used in telegraph messages?
Morse code
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Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
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Who is known as the "Wizard of Menlo Park"?
Thomas Edison
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