US History - Unit #6 - Lesson #1 Review

What most helped settle the west after the Civil War and had the greatest impact on the average American?

• the oil industry

• the steel industry

• the railroad

• land speculators

Which TWO industries were most impacted by the expansion of the railroad?

• timber

• steel

• textiles

• oil

Which American company became the largest steel producer in the country because of the impact of the railroad?

• Carnegie Steel

• American Steel

• Steel Manufacturing and Dry Works

• Allied Steel and Chemical

What was the nation's 1st major oil company? It became a monopoly of the oil industry.

• Gulf Oil

• Circle K

• Standard Oil

• Friendly Express

Who created Standard Oil and controlled 90% of the oil industry?

• Andrew Carnegie

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• J. P. Morgan

• John D. Rockefeller

What was the 1st nationwide system of communication developed by Samuel Morse?

• telegraph

• telephone

• television

• teleprompter

Which new technology invented by Alexander Graham Bell, allowed for voice to voice communication?

• telegraph

• television

• telephone

• telecommunication

Which had the greatest impact on the lives of urban Americans?

• telephone

• oil lamps

• light bulb

• bessemer steel process

Who is credited with perfecting the light bulb?

• Nikola Tessla

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Eli Whitney

When one company controls and entire market it is called a

• monopoly

• trust

• capitalism

• control of stock market