Industrialization
Urbanization
Westward Expansion
Vocabulary
Extras
100
Which of these played the BIGGEST role in increased urbanization in the late 1800s?
- transportation improved
- the military was stronger
- no one was farming anymore
- steam power was discovered
What is transportation improved.
100
In the late 1800s, the United States was becoming a more urban environment.
What does the underlined word urban mean?
What is a city
100
Based on this map, which of these statements is MOST likely true?
- There were no farmers left in Tennessee in 1900.
- There were no factories left in Tennessee by 1900.
- Tennessee merchants traded with people on the West Coast in 1900.
- Tennessee farmers were finally able to ship goods out of state by 1900.
WHat is TN merchants traded with people on the West Coast in 1900.
100
This is related to cities or places where many people live close together.
What is Urban
100
In what way were the railroads of Tennessee impacted by the Civil War?
WHat is they were heavily damaged in the fighting.
200
Why was coal mining such an important part of industrial growth in the late-1800s?
WHat is coal was used as fuel in factories
200
This played the biggest role in the growth of cities
What is railroads
200
In the late 1800s, over 80% of immigrants to the United States came from Europe. Which statement BEST explains how the United States contrasted with these European countries during that time?
- The U.S. government did not require citizens to pay taxes of any kind.
- The U.S. offered freedoms and had large amounts of unsettled land.
- The U.S. had long periods of drought and very little farmland available.
- The U.S. did not have any poverty or crime, so people always felt safe.
What is the U.S. offered freedoms and had large amounts of unsettled land.
200
This is the ways that people and goods move from one place to another
what is transportation.
200
Plains Indians (Plains Native Americans) were MOST associated with living in which area on the map?
What is area 3
300
These are ways in which people used land and natural resources to make a living
What is farming, ranching, and mining
300
This is why coal mining was important to industrial growth.
What is coal was used as fuel to power factories.
300
- Round-ups
- Bronco-busting
- Cattle drives
- Lassoing
- Branding
This list of research topics would be MOST useful to a student writing a report titled
- "Ethnic Background of the American Cowboy."
- "Clothing and Style of the American Cowboy."
- "Music, Art, and Culture of the American Cowboy."
- "Work Skills and Daily Life of the American Cowboy."
What is
- "Work Skills and Daily Life of the American Cowboy."
300
The growth of factories and machines used to make goods.
What is Industrialization
300
This is a wide flat region in the middle of the United States
What is the great plains.
400
This was an invention to help plant crops in the great plains region
WHat is a steel plow
400
In 1899, this bottling plant was built in Chattanooga. They were the first to distribute the product in bottles.
What is Coca- Cola
400
Which is the best description of how economic factors impacted westward expansion?
- As the region became more and more populated, the way of life of the Native Americans changed.
- People could use the land for its resources and make a living through ranching, mining, or farming.
- New land policies such as the Homestead Act of 1861 allowed “squatters” to claim land and keep it.
- Travelers to the West had to cross not only the plains, but also major rivers, and the Rocky Mountains.
What is People could use the land for its resources and make a living through ranching, mining, or farming.
400
This is a natural resource that was burned to provide energy
What is coal
400
This is treating people unfairly because of who they are.
What is discrimination.
500
This was an act in which if the people could make the land better and livable, they get the land free of charge.
What is the homestead act
500
Which of these played the BIGGEST role in Coca-Cola's success in the early-1900s?
What is It was bottled and shipped across the country.
500
Which is the BEST example of the concept of conflict during America's westward expansion?
- Ranchers and cowboys worked together to develop the cattle industry.
- After the Civil War many African Americans moved west in hopes of owning their own land.
- Asian immigrants came to the United States to search for gold and later, in large numbers, to build the transcontinental railroads
- After the Mexican-American war, Mexicans living on the land that was surrendered to the United States by treaty faced discrimination.
What is
After the Mexican-American war, Mexicans living on the land that was surrendered to the United States by treaty faced discrimination.
500
A person who moves to a new country to live there
What is Immigrant
500
This is the reason that many immigrants chose to live in the United States
What is it offered freedom and large amounts of unsettled land.