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Match the definition with the correct term.

Column A
1.
industrialist who brought the Bessemer process to America
2.
inventor who developed a code for the telegraph
3.
leader of the American Railroad Union and the Pullman Strike of 1894
4.
inventor of the air brakes for railroad cars, making trains safer and faster
5.
inventor who established the American Telephone and Telegraph Company
6.
industrialist who established the Standard Oil Company
7.
inventor who developed the idea of a central electric power station
8.
leader of the American Federation of Labor(AFL)
9.
inventor who patented a method of power generation, transmission and distribution of alternating current (AC) electricity
10.
author who wrote, Children of the Poor, exposing the effects of long hours and poor working conditions on child workers

Column B
a.Thomas Edison
b.Eugene V. Debs
c.Samuel Morse
d.Alexander Graham Bell
e.Samuel Gompers
f.John D. Rockefeller
g.Andrew Carnegie
h.George Westinghouse
i.Nikola Tesla
j.Jacob Riis

1 answer

Here’s the matching of terms from Column A to Column B:

  1. industrialist who brought the Bessemer process to America - g. Andrew Carnegie
  2. inventor who developed a code for the telegraph - c. Samuel Morse
  3. leader of the American Railroad Union and the Pullman Strike of 1894 - b. Eugene V. Debs
  4. inventor of the air brakes for railroad cars, making trains safer and faster - h. George Westinghouse
  5. inventor who established the American Telephone and Telegraph Company - d. Alexander Graham Bell
  6. industrialist who established the Standard Oil Company - f. John D. Rockefeller
  7. inventor who developed the idea of a central electric power station - a. Thomas Edison
  8. leader of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) - e. Samuel Gompers
  9. inventor who patented a method of power generation, transmission and distribution of alternating current (AC) electricity - i. Nikola Tesla
  10. author who wrote, Children of the Poor, exposing the effects of long hours and poor working conditions on child workers - j. Jacob Riis