APUSH AMSCO 2026 CERTIFICATION
SCRIPT FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉Bessemer process. Answer: In the 1850s, Henry Bessemer
discovered this process. By blasting air through molten iron you
could produce high-quality steel. (p. 323)
◉transatlantic cable. Answer: In 1866, Cyrus W. Field's invention
allowed messages to be sent across the oceans. (p. 325)
◉Alexander Graham Bell. Answer: In 1876, he invented the
telephone. (p. 325)
◉Thomas Edison. Answer: Possibly the greatest inventor of the 19th
century. He established the first modern research labratory, which
produced more than a thousand patented inventions. These include
the phonograph, first practical electric light bulb, dynamo for
electric power generation, mimeograph machine, and a motion
picture camera. (p. 326)
, ◉Menlo Park Research Lab. Answer: The first modern research
laboratory, created in 1876, by Thomas Edison in Menlo Park, New
Jersey. (p. 326)
◉electric power, lighting. Answer: In 1885, George Westinghouse
produced a transformer for producing high-voltage alternating
current, which made possible the lighting of cities, electric
streetcars, subways, electrically powered machinery, and appliances.
(p. 326)
◉George Westinghouse. Answer: He held more than 400 patents. He
invented the high-voltage alternating current transformer, which
made possible the nationwide electrial power system. (p. 326)
◉Eastman's Kodak camera. Answer: In 1888, George Eastman
invented the camera. (p. 325)
◉large department stores. Answer: R.H. Macy and Marshall Field
made these stores the place to shop in urban centers. (p. 326)
◉R.H. Macy. Answer: He created a New York department store. (p.
326)
◉mail-order companies. Answer: Two companies, Sears Roebuck,
and Montgomery Ward, used the improved rail system to ship to
SCRIPT FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉Bessemer process. Answer: In the 1850s, Henry Bessemer
discovered this process. By blasting air through molten iron you
could produce high-quality steel. (p. 323)
◉transatlantic cable. Answer: In 1866, Cyrus W. Field's invention
allowed messages to be sent across the oceans. (p. 325)
◉Alexander Graham Bell. Answer: In 1876, he invented the
telephone. (p. 325)
◉Thomas Edison. Answer: Possibly the greatest inventor of the 19th
century. He established the first modern research labratory, which
produced more than a thousand patented inventions. These include
the phonograph, first practical electric light bulb, dynamo for
electric power generation, mimeograph machine, and a motion
picture camera. (p. 326)
, ◉Menlo Park Research Lab. Answer: The first modern research
laboratory, created in 1876, by Thomas Edison in Menlo Park, New
Jersey. (p. 326)
◉electric power, lighting. Answer: In 1885, George Westinghouse
produced a transformer for producing high-voltage alternating
current, which made possible the lighting of cities, electric
streetcars, subways, electrically powered machinery, and appliances.
(p. 326)
◉George Westinghouse. Answer: He held more than 400 patents. He
invented the high-voltage alternating current transformer, which
made possible the nationwide electrial power system. (p. 326)
◉Eastman's Kodak camera. Answer: In 1888, George Eastman
invented the camera. (p. 325)
◉large department stores. Answer: R.H. Macy and Marshall Field
made these stores the place to shop in urban centers. (p. 326)
◉R.H. Macy. Answer: He created a New York department store. (p.
326)
◉mail-order companies. Answer: Two companies, Sears Roebuck,
and Montgomery Ward, used the improved rail system to ship to
