Module 3 review

What effect did Cornelius Vanderbilt have on transportation in the United States?

• He built the nation's first transcontinental rairoad

• He improved working conditions and pay for all railroad workers

• he linked small railroads into a larger network to improve interstate travel

• He convinced Congress to officially adopt railroad time as the standard for the nation

Which was not a natural resource

• Coal

• Gold

• Oil

• Steel

Why did George Pullman create a town that provided for the basic needs of his workers?

• He wanted to allow workers as much freedom as possible

• He thought it was the best way to ensure a stable work force

• He was more concerned with workers' happiness than his profit

• He wanted his town to attract visitors to create tourism industry

Why was the Interstate Commerce Act in 1887 significant?

• It granted the states the right to regulate the railroads

• It marked the first time the federal government regulated an industry

• It stopped the railroads companies misuse of government land grants

• It allowed the Interstate Commerce Commission to easily regulate railroad rates

What did Railroad time help with?

• Trains from not crashing into each other

• Keeping everyone on the same time

• Making sure everyone had daylight hours

• Keeping the Railroad rates cheap

Connecting the Railroads for the Atlantic coastline to the Pacific is called the ....

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Vanderbilt Railroad

• Constitutional Railroad

• United State Railroad

Alexander Graham Bell Created this

• Telephone

• Telegraph

• Typewriter

• Lightbulb

By 1910 women made up _____ percent of the clerical work force.

• 40

• 5

• 14

• 35

This person used a steam engine to drill for oil.

• Edwin L. Drake

• Thomas Edison

• Cyrus McCormick

• John Deere

How did the availability of electricity affect the decision of where to locate factories?

• Business owners now had less freedom in deciding where to locate factories

• in order to have power, factories now had to be located near river and streams

• Business owners could now consider factors such as population in their decision

• since travel was more expensive, factors now had to be located near where workers lived