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How were farmers on the Great Plains able to fence in their property?
Barbed Wire
A railroad that spans the entire United States is called what?
Transcontinental Railroad
What was one way the Transcontinental Railroad benefited the United States?
-People could move easily across the country. -Expanded interstate trade.
The completion of the Transcontinental Railroad took five years and was completed on May 10, 1869 in what state?
Promontory, Utah
What two companies built the Transcontinental Railroad?
Union Pacific Central Pacific
Farmers on the Great Plains who had no wood built their houses out of what?
Sod
Which one of the following occurred first? 1. The Buffalo population decreased. 2. The U.S. army battled Native American tribes. 3. Thousands of settlers moved west of the Mississippi River. 4. Native Americans were forced to move to reservations.
3. Thousands of settlers moved west of the Mississippi River.
What law gave settlers 160 acres of land if they lived on it for 5 years?
The Homestead Act
Land set aside for Native Americans is called what?
Reservation
What two mountain ranges did the Transcontinental Railroad cross?
Rocky Mountains Sierra Nevada Mountains
Which of the following was a key factor in the industrial growth of the United States after the Civil War? 1. immigration 2. new inventions 3. railroad building 4. all of the above
4. all of the above
The manufacture of large quantities of goods quickly and cheaply is called what?
Mass production
As a result of mass production what happened to the price of goods during the Industrial Revolution?
The price of goods went down.
An economy where individuals decided what to produce and businesses compete for consumer dollars is called what?
Free-enterprise
A company owned by investors who purchase shares of stock is called what? A company that controls an entire industry is called what? A group of corporations run by a single board of directors whose goal is to eliminate competition is called what?
Corporation Monopoly Trust
An immigrant coming to the U.S. in 1900 from Europe would make his/her first stop where?
Ellis Island
Immigrants coming to the United States from Asia would have made their first stop were?
Angel Island
Who wrote the poem “The New Colossus”?
Emma Lazarus
On what famous landmark is the poem “The New Colossus” inscribed?
The Statue of Liberty
Name THREE ways the “new immigrants” to the U.S. in the earlier 1900s were different from the old immigrants.
Country of origin Language Religion Customs and culture
A journalist who exposed corruption was known as what?
Muckraker
Upton Sinclair wrote what groundbreaking novel exposing corruption in the meatpacking industry?
The Jungle
Upton Sinclair’s book, The Jungle, led to the passage of what law?
The Pure Food and Drug Act (1906) and/or Meat Inspection Act
Who was the nation’s first Progressive President? What state was he governor of prior to becoming president?
Theodore Roosevelt New York
What amendment prohibited the manufacture, distribution and sale of alcohol? This amendment led to a rise in what?
18 th Amendment Organized Crime and/or bootlegging
List as many reforms and/or reformers from the Progressive Era as you can.
The Progressive Era