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WorksheetsRailroads and Urbanization
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 2mins
What two industries most directly benefited from the growth of railroads?
Steel
Coal
Cotton
Canals
Major railroad route between cities.
trunk line
branch line
seaport line
consolidated line
What increased the value of government land and led to better transportation?
federal land grants to railroads
Homestead Act
Dawes Act
reservation system
What did federal land grants lead to?
corruption
better relationships with Native Americans
end of steamboat use
shift of the capitol of the US west
Union Pacific and Central Pacific
transcontinental railroad
corruption scandals under Grant
refused land grants
connected Eastern cities with Chicago
discounts to favored shippers
kickbacks and rebates
coupons and bribes
graft and "honest" money
wildcat currency and pet banks
forced a quarter of railroads into bankruptcy and led to consolidation
Panic of 1893
Panic of 1873
Panic of 1837
Panic of 1857
cheap efficient process for steel
Bessemer Process
Carnegie Process
Rockefeller Process
Edison Process
steel industry
Carnegie
Rockefeller
Vanderbilt
Duke
oil industry
Carnegie
Rockefeller
Vanderbilt
Duke
group of companies managed by one group of people
trust
corporation
limited liability company
joint-stock company
