3. What element allows Edison’s lightbulb to work? 4. Why wasn’t the lightbulb enough of an accomplishment?

5. What European country was Nickola Tesla from?

6. What problem did Tesla face in trying to create an alternating current motor?

7. What was Edison’s proposed system of electricity called?

8. Where was Edison’s first power plant built?

9. Why were rural communities unable to benefit from Edison’s power plants?

10. What did Tesla have to earn from Edison before he could present his AC motor?

11. Which system, Tesla’s or Edison’s, was more dangerous?

12. What did Edison do that caused Tesla to leave Edison Electric?

14. How did Tesla gain investors for his AC motor?

15. Why was Tesla’s AC motor a “game changer”?

16. Why is the transformer important for Tesla’s AC system to be successful?

17. What is Edison’s strategy to beat Tesla’s AC system? What does he create in order to prove his case?

18. What opportunity is the final showdown between Edison and Tesla?

19. What does Tesla do to keep Westinghouse Electric from going bankrupt?

20. How are Tesla and Edison’s legacies different? (Compare how the rest of Tesla’s life looked like compared with Edison’s)

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