Unit 2: Heartland and Expansion

Which of the following helped spark the Second Industrial Revolution?

• The Bessemer Process

• The Transcontinental Railroad

• Sodbusters

• The Cowboy

The Bessemer Process allowed factories to mass-produce...

• Lumber

• Iron

• Steel

• Clay Bricks

Which term describes when a society changes from mostly a farming society to one that uses factories to produce goods?

• Urbanization

• Transcontinental

• Revolution

• Industrialization

As steel is mass-produced, the price drops due to their being a...

• Demand

• Supply

• Shortage

• Surplus

The purpose of the Transcontinental Railroad was too...

• Link the Northern States with the Southern States.

• Link the Eastern States with the Western States.

• Link the United States with China.

• Link the nation with its trade partners around the world.

Things like roads, bridges, railroads, hospitals and other structures that are essential for the functioning of a society are called...

• Industrialization

• Urbanization

• Infrastructure

• Innovation

What two companies competed to build the Transcontinental Railroad?

• Union Pacific

• Central Union

• Atlantic Pacific

• Highspeed Rail Company

Constructing the westward growth of railroads were made possible because of the

• Bessemer Process

• Homesteaders

• Sodbusters

• Cowboy Cattle Drives

A law that allowed Americans the ability to buy up to 160 acres for free if they farmed it for 5 years, or pay $1.25 per acre.

• Transcontinental Act

• Civil War Amendments

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Homestead Act

The Transcontinental Railroad and the Chinese Highspeed Railroad allowed all of the following except....

• Faster Travel Times

• Cheaper Travel

• More raw materials and resources were available in cities.

• Greater Unity of the Nation.

• Faster travel between the North and Southern parts of the nation.