Studies Weekly 21 Westward Reconstruction

What was the program that created roads, canals, railroads, and river ports?

• Interstate Highways

• American Interstates

• American System

• . Interstate System

How did the Transcontinental Railroad affect American Indians?

• It changed the travel patterns of several large tribes.

• They lost land and their most important food source.

• They were able to travel more easily to relocate their tribes.

• They moved their hunting grounds to follow the bison herds.

How did American Indians respond to losing the bison herds?

• They cultivated tame herds.

• They sabotaged railroad equipment.

• They stood in groups to block the railroad.

• They demanded that the railroad be moved.

Individuals who fund, create, and manage a business are called _________________.

• tycoons

• partners

• the labor force

• entrepreneurs

Business magnates, barons, tycoons, moguls, or captains of industry are all names for:

• individuals who dominate a business sector

• individuals who are officers in a company

• the division of labor and industry

• a group of stockholders

Who invented the first long-lasting incandescent light bulb?

• Alexander Graham Bell

• George Washington Carver

• Louis Pasteur

• Thomas Edison

From 1860 to 1900, the U.S. population increased from 31 million to ________________.

• 46 million

• 56 million

• 66 million

• 76 million

Why did sickness spread quickly in the immigrant communities?

• air conditioning and fans

• no social distancing and no indoor plumbing

• cafeterias and restaurants

• factory involvement

This term means having full control over so many of the resources that no other business can enter the market.

• control authority

• dictatorship

• monopoly

• metropolis

Workers uniting as a group to demand better wages and working conditions created ___________.

• a club

• an association

• a union

• a task force