Chapter 19, Section 1: The Gilded Age

The transcontinental railroad helped the nation by

• creating a faster, safer, and more reliable way to travel across the U.S.

• creating a national market.

• finding people willing to work on its construction.

• all answers are correct.

One of the benefits of the transcontinental railroad was

• the creation of time zones and standardized time.

• the working conditions for laborers.

• transporting materials from the cost.

• attacks by Native Americans

How many time zones were created by the transcontinental railroad?

• 2

• 4

• 6

• 8

Which time zone does Chatham, IL belong to?

• Eastern

• Pacific

• Mountain

• Central

• no correct answer

Challenges building the transcontinental railroad include

• climate, geography, and natural resources

• lack of labor

• attacks by Native Americans

• working hours and conditions

This big businessman gained control over the railroads by the 1870's.

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• John D. Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• Henry Ford

Vertical integration was a method used by John D. Rockefeller to buy each step in the process of drilling/refining/transporting oil.

• True

• False

Andrew Carnegie used horizontal integration to gain control over more than 90% of all steel mills in the U.S.

• True

• False

The Gilded Age refers to

• the last three decades of the 19th century in America.

• The fact that greed and big business "covered up" many problems in U.S. society.

• the last three decades of the 18th century in America.

• No correct answer

• All answers are correct

Developed and successfully flew the world's first "heavier than air" craft in Kittyhawk North Carolina.

• Nikola Tesla

• Orville and Wilbur Wright

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Andrew Carnegie