New American Industries (USHA)

The establishment of uniformity.

• ingenuity

• standardization

• mass production

• urbanization

In the early 1800s, no system existed to compare times in different regions.

• true

• false

Time zones were created to help coordinate train schedules.

• true

• false

If it is 9:00pm, Eastern Standard Time, time is it in Los Angeles (Pacific Time)?

• 6:00am

• 6:00pm

• 9:00pm

• 12:00pm

Brakes, couplers, the Pullman car, and the refrigerator car all refer to—

• banks

• planes

• automobiles

• trains

Railroad expansion helped Americans access natural resources such as coal, iron, and—

• oil

• steel

• gold

• glass

What fueled the locomotives?

• electricity

• petroleum

• coal

• lumber

_______ provided heat, powered factories, fueled locomotives, and generated electricity.

• coal

• iron

• petroleum

• helium

_____ ore was carried by rail to mills, where it could be refined or used to make steel.

• copper

• iron

• aluminum

• titanium

Inventors like __________ developed processes to remove impurities from iron and steel.

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• Henry Ford

• Andrew Carnegie

• Henry Bessemer