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