Unit 1 Expansion and Industrialization

Who invented the telephone?

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D Rockefeller

• Alexander Graham Bell

At one point, this man was the richest person in the world selling and distributing steel/

• Andrew Carnegie

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• Alexander Graham Bell

• John D Rockefeller

Known for being one of the greatest American inventors. This person invented the light bulb and the phonograph.

• John D Rockefeller

• Thomas Edison

• Andrew Carnegie

Who monopolized the oil industry?

• John D Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

Who monopolized the Railroad Industry?

• John D Rockefeller

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• Andrew Carnegie

Where did most of the immigrants come into the country on the East Coast?

• Angel Island

• Cleveland, Ohio

• Ellis Island

• LA, California

What did the Transcontinental Railroad do?

• connected the east and west coasts for the first time

• was connected in Utah

• used mostly immigrant workers to build it.

• All of the above

What were the conditions of the Homestead Act?

• people could buy 160 acres of land for $10

• people had to improve the land they bought for 5 years in order to keep it

• took land from Native Americans

• All of the above.

What did the invention of the Barbed wire do?

• helped lead to the disappearance of the buffalo

• led to the decline of Native Americans

• Ended the age of the open range and cattle drive

Who were known as "robber barons"?

• leaders of big businesses

• cattle ranchers

• plantation owners