6.5 Review

What was the greatest cause of economic development in the West in both the mid and late 1800s?

• Expanding access to foreign markets

• Immigrants

• Railroads

• Broadband access

What was the greatest cause of the growth of economic productivity in the West from the mid to late 1800s?

• Immigration

• Technological advances leading to large scale industries

• Protective tariffs allowing domestic industries to take off

• New methods of ranching

The construction of new railroads greatly increased the demand for

• Steel

• Beef

• Silver

• Corn

What city became a world-wide center of steel production?

• Pennsylvania

• New York

• Pittsburg

• Keyesport

Who grew wealthy from developing America's oil industry?

• Andrew Carnegie

• Henry Bessemer

• John D. Rockefeller

• Millard Fillmore

What was a revolutionary source of power in the late 1800s?

• Solar

• Wind

• Electricity

• Human muscle power

What was laid across the Atlantic to improve communication between America and Europe?

• Telegraph wires

• Cable TV wires

• Radio wires

• Internet cables

The man who created the telephone was

• Steve Jobs

• Alexander Graham Knell

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

What was the largest fuel source for trains?

• Electricity

• Wood

• Coal

• Kerosene