The Gilded Age: Industry & Railroads

___________ is the economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacturing of goods in factories.

• Tariff

• Entrepreneur

• Industry

• Import

A person who organizes and operates a business is called an ______________.

• Industry

• Worker

• Entrepreneur

• Industrial Revolution

Factories needed to keep up with the growing demand in the country. Factories started using _____________ to produce hundreds of goods at the same time.

• Imports

• Exports

• Mass Production

• Factories

A tax placed on an export or import is called a __________.

• Tariff

• Import

• Export

• Excise

Cotton and wood are both considered ______________.

• Money

• Natural Resources

• Manufactured Goods

• Factory

became the first continuous railroad line across the United States. It was constructed between 1863 and 1869

• Reading Railroad

• Erie Canal

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Subway

Choose both of the companies that were competing to build the Transcontinental Railroad

• Union Pacific

• Amazon

• Central Pacific

• Pacific Ocean

This person was in charge of the Union Pacific Railroad.

• Theodore Judah / Big Four

• Thomas Durant

This person was in charge of the Central Pacific Railroad.

• Theodore Judah / Big Four

• Thomas Durant

In which state was the Transcontinental Railroad connected with the Golden Spike signaling its completion?

(a)