Unit 6: The Gilded Age and Westward Expansion

3) What were the effects of the Transcontinental Railroad? (Pick TWO)

• It allowed for the rise of the coal industry

• It connected the United States by rail from east coast to west coast

• It lead to increased the population in western cities

• The population in urban centers decreased drastically

3) What was the economic impact of the Transcontinental railroad?

• It made shipping farmer's goods and traveling across the country cheaper

• Conflicts with the Native Americans increased

• The US government made millions from the Homestead Act

• It caused a decrease in taxes on big business

9) Why are Captains of Industry such as Rockefeller and Carnegie also known as Robber Barons?

• They were secretly criminal masterminds

• They used ruthless business tactics to get rid of their competition

• They secretly controlled major government industries

• They stole millions from government and international agencies

The Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor developed in response to the

• Decreased power of political machines

• Increased demand for skilled workers

• Decreased profitability of the agricultural sector

• Increased need to protect worker interest

Which application of a new technology can be attributed to the invention of Thomas Edison?

• Light bulbs made it efficient for factory workers to work at night

• Refrigerated railroad cars allowed food to be transported long distances

• Diesel engines were used in the production of airplanes

• Sonar technology was used to track submarine

When government does not interfere with the economy

• Populism
• Communism
• Socialism
• Laissez Faire

If you control the production process from the beginning to the end you have what?

• Vertically integrated

• Horizontally integrated

• Gone Bananas

• Assimilated

How do inventions such as telephones and light bulbs affect industry?

• it enables faster communication and allows you to work more (at night)

• it enables you to travel and see movies

• it enables more child labor and westward expansion

• it enables communication in every language and the development of the video game

Who owned Standard Oil and is considered the wealthiest American of all time?

• John D. Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• Samuel Gompers

• JP Morgan

What is something people who belong to a Union might do? (Pick 3)

• go on strike

• call on immigrants to take your job

• blacklist you

• fight for an 8 hour work day

• fight for better wages and working conditions