WorksheetsChapter 3.1, 4.1, 4.2
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 7hrs 30mins
Who was involved in making the railroads?
What happened during the expansion of the railroads?
When did the expansion of the railroads take place? (Years)
Where did the expansion of the railroads take place?
Why or how did the expanse of the railroad help the United States?
These immigrants worked on the railroads.
Labored
Illegal
Fast
Slow
These people were involved in the expansion of the railroads.
Railroad Barons
Railroad Ghosts
Immigrants
Railroad Customers
The act of merging two companies together or buying out another company
consolidation
merging
trading
exporting
These people controlled most of the railroads and the companies
Railroad Barons
Railroad Ghosts
Railroad Immigrants
Railroad Customers
The exact measurement that a railroad needed to be after consolidation.
Standard Gauge
20ft
100ft
Standard Measurement
The act of giving people money or incentives to buy their products
Rebate
Surplus
Making it rain
Railroad Barons
Secret meetings for the railroad barons to control the market
Railroad pools
Pool halls
Pool tables
Railroad Meetings
What is a person who creates something new or new product to help society?
Inventor
Banker
Electron
Computer
What did Alexander Graham Bell create?
Telephone
Light Bulb
Car
Typewriter
What is this item?
Telephone
Phonogram
Typewriter
Car
This process helped create a lot of things quicker and cheaper.
Mass production
Hard work
Model T
Alexander Graham Bell
How did inventions during this time affect communications?
How did inventions during this time affect culture? (how we behave or act daily)
What was your favorite invention and why?
What are the factors of production?
Land
Labor
Capital
Railroads
These people create businesses by themselves and often times had to work really hard to do so.
Entrepreneurs
Railroad barons
Dividends
Shareholders
When did the majority of the railroad expansion take place?
1830-1900
2020-2050
1960-2020
1460-1540
The railroad barons formed a partnership to control the railroads.
True
False
What is the term for a company that has total control over a single industry?
Monopoly
Trust
Entrepreneurs
Shareholder
What market did Rockefeller control?
Oil Market
Steel Market
Tires
Airplanes
What industry did Carnegie control?
Steel
Oil
Tires
Planes
