Do some reading about the War of Currents, which occurred in the late 1880s and

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Do some reading about the War of Currents, which occurred in the late 1880s and early 1890s. The answers can be found in the relevant Wikipedia article, but feel free to do further research. Choose ALL of the true statements. The War of Currents referred to a battle over which system, direct current (DC) or alternating current (AC), would be used for widespread distribution of electricity. On one side was Thomas Edison and General Electric, and on the other was Nikola Tesla and Westinghouse Electric. Edison's group won. To give people the idea that alternating current was dangerous, Edison's group arranged electrocutions of animals. One of the major battles in the War of Currents involved which system would be installed at the electricity generating plant at Niagara Falls. In the late 19th century, one of the big advantages of DC vs. AC was that it was easier to transmit direct current over long distances. One event that worked in the favor of direct current was the installation, in 1891, of a 225 kilowatt long-distance transmission system built in Germany for direct current. During the 1960s, some Boston University students ruined their small appliances because they plugged them into a system supplying 110 volts DC. The D.C. in Washington, D.C., stands for Direct Current.

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