Westward Expansion and The Gilded Age

Which invention allowed westward movement to occur quickly?

• Transcontinental Railroad
• Wheat Farming
• Beef Cattle Raising
• Windmill

Which was NOT a reason for settlement in the Great Plains after the Civil War?

• Jobs in Factories
• Adventure
• Gold and Silver
• Technological Advances

What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?

• Manifest destiny 
•  Monroe Doctrine 
•  Great Awakening 
• Louisiana Purchase

What animal were Plains Indians most reliant on

• Cows
• Buffalo
• Sheep
• Horses

What was a major benefit of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• Congress gave loans to railroad companies
• Farmers had lower railroad rates
• Supplies and people were moved quickly and cheaply
• It cost a lot of money

Match the Industrial Revolution business owner with his industry: Steamboats and Railroads

• Cornelius Vanderbilt
• Jay Gould
• John D. Rockefeller
• J. P. Morgan

Match the Industrial Revolution business owner with his industry: Oil

• Cornelius Vanderbilt
• Jay Gould
• John D. Rockefeller
• J. P. Morgan

What type of integration/consolidation refers to taking over [merging] with companies in the same industry?

• Perpendicular

• Diagonal

• Vertical

• Horizontal

Vertical Integration/consolidation is when a company _____________.

• Eliminates a company from the top down

• Controls all the aspects of the manufacturing process

• Promotes people from within the company

• Integrates new technology into the steel industry

Eliminated the competition and built the Standard Oil Company.

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• George Westinghouse

• JD Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie