American Industrial Revolution Video Quiz
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- Q1What did the Homestead Act of 1862 promote?Settlement of publicly owned landsConstruction of railroadsIndustrial manufacturingMining operations30s
- Q2What product was developed in partnership with Gustav Swift?The steam engineThe refrigerated freight carThe bicycleThe cotton gin30s
- Q3What was a consequence of improved farming techniques in the Great Plains by 1900?It resulted in soil depletionIt caused a significant population declineIt led to mass deforestationIt became one of the greatest wheat-producing regions in the world30s
- Q4What key development in transportation helped Americans occupy more land during the late 19th century?The invention of the automobileThe construction of highwaysThe expansion of railroadsThe introduction of steamships30s
- Q5Who were the primary laborers for the Union Pacific Railroad?French farmersGerman immigrantsIrish immigrants, Civil War soldiers, and Southern African-AmericansNative Americans30s
- Q6In what year did the railroads from the Central Pacific and Union Pacific meet?186918701889185030s
- Q7What innovation spurred the dramatic increase in steel production in the late 19th century?The use of electric furnacesThe introduction of aluminumThe discovery of iron oreThe injection of air into molten iron30s
- Q8Who is known as the predominant steel baron of his time?Thomas EdisonHenry FordJohn D. RockefellerAndrew Carnegie30s
- Q9What was the primary use of oil when it was first struck in Titusville, Pennsylvania?Fuel for carsGreasing wagon wheelsA source for plasticChemical manufacturing30s