Quiz  /  American Industry and Innovation

  • 1. 
    In what year was transatlantic phone service initiated between New York and London?

  • 1917
  • 1907
  • 1957
  • 1927

  • 2. 
    In what American state was telephone service first established between two cities?

  • Connecticut
  • New York
  • Massachusetts
  • California

  • 3. 
    In which state did the eastward and westward branches of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States meet?

  • Utah
  • Kansas
  • Texas
  • Nevada

  • 4. 
    What was the first passenger rail line in the United States?

  • the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
  • the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
  • the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
  • the Burlington Northern Railroad

  • 5. 
    Which modern company resulted from an 1892 merger with Thomas Alva Edison’s company Edison Electric?

  • General Mills
  • General Electric
  • Microsoft
  • General Motors

  • 6. 
    Which of these American industrialists introduced the assembly line to automobile manufacturing?

  • Milton Hershey
  • Henry Ford
  • Ransom Olds
  • David Buick
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