Ridin' that Train Out West
What is Westward Expansion?
Who was Andrew Carnegie?
religious freedom, job opportunities and a better life were all these type of factors for immigration from Europe?
What were PULL factors?
These were the impacts of the Transcontinental Railroad for Native Americans
What are loss of land and resources (buffalo)
Unfair business practices and abuse of wealth and powere best describe these type of Business men
Who were Robber Barons?
Religious Persecution, War and Poverty are all examples of this type of factor for immigration to the United States.
What were the Push Factors?
This Act passed by Abraham Lincoln in 1852 provided 160 acres of FREE land to Americans and Immigrants
What was the Homestead Act?
this Big Business Tycoon created a monopoly on Oil by created the Standard Oil Trust
Who was Andrew Carnegie?
This was a historic landmark where the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads met to create the Transcontinental Railroad.
What was Promontory Point?
Captains of industry were often praised for being "philantropists" which meant that they provided this
Charity for the public and the poor such as schools, orphanages, libraries.
Immigrants learning the language and cultures of their NEW country are examples of
What is assimilation?
These THREE industries grew immensely due to the INCREASED shipping speed and DECREASED shipping costs that the TCR provided
Wheat, corn, cattle.
This Big Business tycoon nicknamed "The Commodore" created a monopoly on Shipping, railroads and transportation
Who was Cornelius Vanderbilt?