Unit 2 Review Game

The first railroad to cross the United States was the....

• Union Pacific Railroad
• Central Pacific Railroad
• Missouri Railroad
• Transcontinental Railroad

Which group of people traveled West for the Homestead Act after becoming free?

• Civil War soldiers

• Immigrant settlers

• African American settlers

Mass production is___________

• Producing products in Massachusetts
• Producing a few items at a time until they are sold. 
• Producing a lot of an item at the same time. 
• Producing custom made items. 

As semi-nomadic people, the Native Americans of the Great Plains followed this big game as they hunted them for food

• Moose

• Wolf

• Bear

• Buffalo (Bison)

Railroad owners wanted more people to settle on the Great Plains because...

• farmers would use the railroads to ship products to markets in the cities
• they needed more people to build railroad tracks
• they needed sharecroppers to farm the land owned by the railroads
• settlers would grow cotton and ship it to the south

Factories _____ goods, often using an assembly line.

• mass-produce

• partially produce

• rarely produce

Why was the transcontinental railroad beneficial to America?

• The railroad was built over mountains that were impassable in stagecoach.
• Railroads provided a faster, safer, and cheaper transportation.
• Railroads allowed People to bring their furniture to the Great Plains.
• Railroads crossed rivers which were difficult to cross earlier.

A monopoly is a market with

• many suppliers

• no barriers to entry

• many substitutes

• one supplier

Which of the following inventions had the greatest impact on westward expansion?

• Railroads (Trains)

• Automobile

• Steamboat

• Wagon

Because companies are in business to make a profit, they try to_____ their production costs.

• increase

• maintain

• reduce