US History: Standard 11 Review

The goal to create railroad networks that spanned the entire US

• was one reason immigrants couldn't find work

• was one reason railroad businesses went bankrupt

• was one motive US govt. gave subsidies to railroad companies

• did not impact US transportation

Rockefeller and Carnegie limited competition, cut production costs, and controlled prices b/c

• they created monopolies

• they controlled the government

• they had multiple European alliances

• they invested in rival businesses

Thomas Edison was significant because

• the telephone increased communication

• the light bulb changed American businesses and homes forever

• he was not a significant inventor

• the cotton gin increased profits for plantation owners

Standard Oil was

• John D Rockefeller's corporation

• Andrew Carnegie's corporation

• Thomas Edison's corporation

• Samuel Gompers' corporation

By end of 19th century, the telegraph was important in

• communicating highway travel

• communicating air traffic travel

• communicating canal travel

• communicating railway travel

Who, and how did this person set the price for oil, but hurt consumer who paid a higher price

• Carnegie; by creating a monopoly

• Rockefeller; by creating a monopoly

• Rockefeller; by making deals with government officials

• Rockefeller; by increasing competition

Urbanization is most associated with

• Manifest Destiny

• agriculture

• industrialization

• revolution

The availability of industrial jobs led to

• increased amount of immigrants settling in urban areas

• decreased amount of immigrants settling in urban areas

• increased amount of immigrants settling in rural areas

• decreased industrial productivity

Ellis Island was

• destination hotspot for southern tourists

• the official entry point on west coast for immigrants

• very strict immigrant process

• the official entry point on east coast for immigrants

Chinese immigrants

• faced discrimination on east coast, Ellis Island

• faced discrimination on west coast, Angel Island

• were welcomed on the west coast, Angel Island

• did not impact completing the transcontinental railroad