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What state did the two companies meet in, to complete the transcontinental railroad?

Ohio

Texas

Oregon

Utah

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Select the 4 time zones of the United States

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What time zone is Ohio in?

Northern

Mountain

Eastern

Southern

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How did Carnegie make all his money?

Banking

Steel

Oil

Gold

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Which business tycoon built a fortune with the Standard Oil Company?

Andrew Carnegie

J.P Morgan

John D. Rockefeller

Cornelius Vanderbilt

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Select the words or phrases that describe monopolies.

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What source of power replaced steam and water?

Wind

Electric

Solar

Horse Power

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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Main immigration processing station on the east coast and located in the New York Harbor.

Washington

Angel Island

Ellis Island

Beaumont Texas