5-3 Becoming a world Power

How did the economy of change after the Civil War?

• from farming to fur trading
• from farming to manufactured goods
• manufactured goods to farming
• farming to trading

Which is NOT a way that the light bulb and electricity contributed to the economic growth of the United States?

• Growth of transortation
• Enabled people to communicate by phone
• New way of powering manufacturing plants
• Development of factories in many locations

Why did Samuel Morse invent the telegraph?

• To help wealthy people communicate 
• To help businesses to communicate more quickly and easily
• to help airlines communicate, stay on schedule, and prevent accidents
• To help railroads communicate, stay on schedule, and prevent accidents

What is NOT a reason immigrants came to the United States?

• Religious Freedom
• Economic Opportunities
• Farming and agriculture
• Political and social equality

Immigrants found all of the following opportunities in the United States EXCEPT

• Free food
• Public Schools
• The Right to Vote
• Jobs in Factories 

Which of the following is a major contribution that immigrants made to the growth and development of the United States?

• The invention of the teleraph
• The invention of the cotton gin
• The establishment of the first collage
• The building of the Transcontinental Railroad

In the 1920's where did the majority of the people in the United States live?

• In Cities
• On Farms
• In California
• In the mountains

What were most Progressives concerned about with the factories?

• Supporting Labor Unions
• The cost of the upkeep of the factories
• The unsafe conditions and long working hours
• The benefits and high wages paid to the workers