Industrialization in the Late 19th Century
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- Q1The transcontinental railroad linked these two parts of the United States?north to southeast to westCanada and Mexico45s
- Q2The first railroad to cross the United States was the....Central Pacific RailroadTranscontinental RailroadUnion Pacific Railroad45s
- Q3In what town did the Union Pacific Railroad begin?Omaha, NebraskaSacramento, CaliforniaTopeka, KansasPromontory, Utah45s
- Q4What did the Native Americans call the railroads?the Steel Snakethe Rapid Rattlerthe Loco Locomotivethe Iron Horse45s
- Q5The two railroads met in __________________________________.Promontory, UtahDenver, ColoradoSan Francisco, CaliforniaLas Vegas, Nevada45s
- Q6The Central Pacific hired what kind of workers?ChineseAfrican AmericansNative Americans45s
- Q7Someone who creates their own business is called a(n)...EntrepreneurInvestorBoosterBillionaire30s
- Q8Which industrialist is best known for his work in the steel industry?Andrew CarnegieJohn RockefellerJ. P. MorganCharles Lindberg30s
- Q9The building of the Transcontinental Railroad started in 1862 and ended in _________.186118771869190045s
- Q10Which industrialist is best known for his work in the oil industry?Andrew CarnegieJohn D. RockefellerCornelius VanderbiltJ. P. Morgan30s
- Q11a highly populated city areasuburbanruralurban30s
- Q12When handmade products were replaced by machines and mass production...reconstructionurbanizationrevitalizationindustrialization30s
- Q13Allows products to be mass produced generally allowing the price to decreasesharecroppingpull factorassembly linepush factor30s
- Q14A monopoly is the total or complete control of an industry. Unfortunately for consumers, this prevents ___________.regulationCompetitioncapitalismunions30s
- Q15The Central Pacific and the Union Pacific companies hired workers from _________ and _________ to build their railroads.Ireland and JapanChina and IrelandJapan and GermanyChina and Germany45s