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- Mr. Dalton
- Mr. Dalton is an instructor in the Upper School at Beaufort Academy. He is inept at car repair and home or lawn maintanance of any sort, but is an accomplished philosopher. In his spare time he enjoys throwing darts while listening to old Duran Duran cassettes.
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1. In the 1850s who discovered an easier way of making steel for new industries?
a. Edwin L. Drake
b. William Kelly
c. Cyrus Field
d. Martin Luther King
2. Edwin L. Drake completed what task?
a. invented better communication
b. gave ideas for the new industries
c. drilled the world’s first successful oil well
d. owned numerous factories
3. What came into use that commercial amounts of electricity was used in power plants?
a. oil
b. petroleum
c. steel
d. electric motor
4. The holding company did not produce or distribute goods or services, instead what did it do?
a. it held a controlling interest in the stock of several related companies, called subsidiaries
b. it brought a bond between numerous companies which made them stick together
c. more trust were broken
d. more pools were made
5. Due to the major growth in the cities, why wasn’t transportation easily accommodated?
a. thought transportation would harm their health due to the reliance of cars instead of walking
b. they rather walk then drive
c. the streets were too narrow to handle the traffic, many roads were unpaved or rutted dirt roads
d. the people of the cities didn’t want any transportation
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