What state did the two companies meet in, to complete the transcontinental railroad?
Ohio
Texas
Oregon
Utah
Select the 4 time zones of the United States
Transcontinental
Pacific
Central
Southern
Eastern
Northern
Mountain
What time zone is Ohio in?
Northern
Mountain
Eastern
Southern
How did Carnegie make all his money?
Banking
Steel
Oil
Gold
Which business tycoon built a fortune with the Standard Oil Company?
Andrew Carnegie
J.P Morgan
John D. Rockefeller
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Select the words or phrases that describe monopolies.
Good for consumers
Trust
Fair for the competting companies
Complete control of an industry
Leads to higher prices
Leads to lower prices
No competition
What source of power replaced steam and water?
Wind
Electric
Solar
Horse Power
Select the effects of the expansion of the railroad.
Transportation becomes more difficult
Trade becomes more efficient
It is more difficult for citizens to move out west
It created jobs
It helped other industries
It helps Bill Clinton get elected as president
Transportation becomes easier and faster
What factor contributed to the migration of large numbers of people from Europe to the United States in the late 19th century?
Industrialization in the United States attracted laborers from Europe.
Economic prosperity in Europe allowed people to purchase land in the United States.
European social reform movements wanted to spread their beliefs to the United States.
The United States needed people to colonize the overseas territories it had recently acquired
One effect of industrialization in the United States in the late 19th century was
a decrease in child labor.
a decrease in immigration to the United States
an increase in urbanization.
an increase in demand for handicraft goods.
You have been assigned to write a paper related to the increase in industrial production in the United States in the 1800's. Click on 4 topics that would be appropriate to include in the paper
Growth in immigration in the United States
Demand for cheap labor
Decreases in urban population
Reduction in railroad construction
Increase in urban population
Increase in agricultural workers
Growth in factory job opportunities
In the late 1800's and early 1900's, many changes occurred in U.S. agriculture as a result of industrialization. What is one way industrialization affected agriculture?
It delayed the transportation of crops to market
It decreased opportunities to grow a variety of crops
It reduced the amount of labor needed to grow crops
It decreased the amount of land needed for cultivation
Which phrase describes an immediate result of the use of new production methods during the Industrial Revolution?
an increase in the cost of goods
an increase in demand for unskilled workers
an increase in the amount workers were paid
an increase in the amount of time to build products
Which statement is true about immigrants to the United States in the late 1800s?
Most immigrants settled in rural areas.
Immigrants enjoyed equal opportunity with other Americans.
Immigrants provided labor that allowed the nation to industrialize.
Most immigrants possessed wealth that allowed them to start businesses.
Chinese and Irish immigrants in the mid-1800s contributed to the development of a transcontinental railroad system by
funding its construction and maintenance
providing low-cost labor for its construction
lobbying Congress for approval of its construction
granting permission for its construction on privately owned land
Which statement is true about immigrants to the United States in the late 1800s?
They settled mainly in rural areas.
They came mostly from Africa and Asia.
They were drafted to fight in the Civil War
They settled in mainly urban areas
Which best explains trends in European immigration to the United States after 1910
Prosperity in the United States increased incentives for many Europeans to emigrate.
The U.S did not have any jobs so no immigrants moved into the country
Economic prosperity in Europe meant that few people left Europe for the United States.
The Industrialization of the United States economy failed to attract Europeans who were skilled in farming.
Why did many U.S citizens fear the creation of monopolies?
Thought they would control the government
Thought they would limit competition which would raise prices
Thought they would create too many large buildings in the cities
Thought they would ruin Capitalism
Main immigration processing station in the west coast in San Francisco. The main population that immigrated there were from China, about 50,000 immigrants. .
Washington
Angel Island
Ellis Island
Beaumont Texas
Main immigration processing station on the east coast and located in the New York Harbor.