Exam 1: History

Otto von Guericke was the mayor of what German city in what year when he designed an air pump?

Which 19ᵗʰ century personality is credited with building technology that used an alternating current?

What piece of infrastructure was built in London in response to three outbreaks of cholera?

James P.Epsy was a researcher affiliated with what institute?

The Meteorological Office set up how many stations in the British Isles?

How many motors were in factories by 1901?

Evangelista Torricelli was the pupil of which famous scientist and astronomer?

Who patented the telephone?

When was the first telegraph line built?

When did the American population triple?

Torricelli tried repeating Berti's experiment with what substance?

What religion's leadership did Torricelli and Berti irk with their findings on vacuums?

When did America transition from a pre-industrial society into the industrial age?

What was the key machine in Mahatma Ghandi's ideal world?

What is the largest corporation in the world at the start of the twenty-first century?

Who established America's time zones?

What did congestion bring in its wake?

James P.Epsy deduced that storms were what shape thanks to his research along the Atlantic Coast?

When were the Immigration Restriction Acts passed?

What was the dominant form of lighting by 1920?