Name______ Inventors Change the World

Name______Inventors Change the World Chapter 4 – Lesson One

Study Guide Notes

Vocabulary investor:

People

Alexander Graham Bell:

Thomas Edison:

Lewis Latimer:

Frank Sprague:

Frank and Charles Duryea:

Blanche Stuart Scott:

Comprehension

1. Why was it important for Bell and Watson to be the first to invent the telephone?

2. What events in Alexander Graham Bell’s life led up to his invention of the telephone?

3. What advantages might an electric light bulb have over a lamp fueled by gas or candles? 4. What did Edison mean when he said “I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work”?

5. How did Thomas Edison and Lewis Latimer each contribute to the effort to make a working light bulb?

6. Why did Edison want to build the first power station?

7. Why did Edison decide to build a power station in New York City?

8. What can you infer about the power of electricity compared to the power of horses?

9. What other industries might be affected by the growth of the car industry?

10. What advantages did electric streetcars have over horse-drawn carriages?

11. After deciding to build a plane, what steps did the Wright brothers take to achieve their goal?

12. What was one effect of the inventions you read about in this lesson? Name______The Rise of Big Business Chapter 4 – Lesson Two

Study Guide Notes

Vocabulary corporation: stock: monopoly: free enterprise: consumer: human resource: capital resource:

People Andrew Carnegie:

John D. Rockefeller:

George Westinghouse:

William Randolph Hearst:

Madame C. J. Walker: J.P. Morgan: Comprehension 1. How did the steel industry change after 1856?

2. How did Carnegie’s control of the production process allow him to produce steel at a lower cost?

3. Why would people decide to buy a corporation’s stock?

4. Why did many railroad companies form corporations?

5. What problems are monopolies trying to solve? What problem do they create?

6. What effect did the rise of the car industry have on the oil industry?

7. How might companies compete for consumers?

8. Why did Westinghouse win the “War of the Currents”?

9. What key role do banks play in American business?

10. Define the three types of resources (natural, human, and capital).

11. How did growing businesses lead to the growth of cities? 12. Who filled many of the new jobs created by the growing businesses and industries?