What were some changes in America after the Civil War?

(you can select more than one answer)

Natural Resources in the American West:

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_________ immigrants came to the US between 1870 and 1910

Who invented the telephone?

Thomas Edison invented the _______ & _______.

The air-brake system for trains allowed them to _______

Technology after the Civil War

Laissez-Faire

Lincoln signed the Pacific Railway Act allowed two corporations to construct the transcontinental railroad. What where these two corporations called?

Union Pacific started in _________ and laid _____ miles of track.

Central Pacific started in _________ and laid _____ miles of track.

Railroads stimulated the economy.

The American Railway Association split the country into __ time zones in 1883

Robber Barons

Investors in the Union Pacific Railroad set up a construction company and paid themselves large amounts of money using land grants from the government. What was this scandal called?

The economy had changed dramatically from what it was before the Civil War.

An organization owned by several people, but treated by law as if it were a single person

Major advantages corporations had over small manufacturers

(you can select more than one)

Some companies started pools, or agreements. These pools stated that businesses would _____.

What is it called when a company owns all of the different businesses that it depends on to operate?

What is it called when a company is combining companies in the same business into one corporation?

Many Americans feared what _____________ and lack of competition in business could mean for the prices of goods.

What is a legal arrangement that allows one person to manage another person’s property?

Deflation

Which strike led to 100 dead after federal troops were called in to restore order?

After the Civil War, women mainly worked as what?