What was the "War of Currents"? What was the difference between AC and DC? What was the significance of Thomas Edison to this story? Westinghouse? Nikola Tesla? J.P. Morgan?
Questions: After reading the article, write a 300-500 word response that addresses the following questions:
What was the "War of Currents"? What was the difference between AC and DC?
What was the significance of Thomas Edison to this story? Westinghouse? Nikola Tesla? J.P. Morgan?
What can the "War of Currents" teach us about the role of economic power in the late nineteenth century?
How did the electrification of cities alter the lives of city dwellers?
