Chapter 10 Vocabulary

What is a "subsidy"?

• A discount

• A land grant or other financial help from the government

• The width of a train track

• A system of connected railroad lines

What does "transcontinental railroad" refer to?

• A railroad that stretches across a continent from coast to coast

• A system in which several railroad companies agreed to divide up the business

• A system of connected railroad lines

• A rich vein of gold, silver, or other valuable minerals

Who is a strikebreaker?

• A person who opposes organized government

• A replacement for a striking worker

• A process by which a union negotiates with management

• A workplace where people labor long hours for low pay

What does "lure" mean?

• A discount

• A thing that tempts or entices a person to go somewhere or do something

• A self-appointed officer of the law

• A system of connected railroad lines

What does "Wholesale" mean?

• The buying or selling of something in large quantities at lower prices

• A settlement that grew up at the end of a cattle trail

• To change a process or action so it is performed with machines

• To promise

What is a "Cow town"?

• A rise in prices and a decrease in the value of money

• A settlement that grew up at the end of a cattle trail

• To change a process or action so it is performed with machines

• To promise

What is a "pool" in the context of railroads?

• A system in which several railroad companies agreed to divide up the business in an area and set prices

• A railroad that stretches across a continent from coast to coast

• A land grant or other financial help from the government

• A thing that tempts or entices a person to go somewhere or do something

What does "consolidate" mean?

• To divide

• To combine

• To stretch across a continent

• To entice

What does the term "allotment" refer to?

• A type of dried meat

• An amount of something such as land, distributed to a person

• A sled pulled by a dog or horse

• A group of corporations run by a single board of directors

What does "Pledge" mean?

• To promise

• A Spanish or Mexican cowhand

• A farmer on the Great Plains in the late 1800s

• The buying or selling of something in large quantities at lower prices