The Transcontinental Railroad
Immigration
Spanish American War
Big Business
Industrial Revolution
100

What is the Transcontinental Railroad?

A railroad that was built to connect the East Coast and the West Coast of the U.S.

100

What is a pull factor?

A reason someone wants to go to another country.

100

Which war did the "rough riders" fight in?

The Spanish American War

100

Raw good: wheat

Manufactured good: _______

Cereal

100

Factory workers during the Industrial Revolution faced _________ working conditions.

Dangerous

200

What is one reason why the U.S. built the Transcontinental Railroad?

To be able to quickly move goods across the country.

200

What is a push factor?

A reason someone wants to leave their country.

200

Why was the Panama Canal built?

To shorten the time/distance for trade

200

Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller were business men who had complete control over the goods and resources in their industries. What did they have?

A monopoly

200

Though big businesses were successful, many people worked and lived in _________ conditions.

Difficult

300

Who was given the most challenging and dangerous jobs when building the Transcontinental Railroad?

Chinese Immigrants

300

Where did European immigrants arrive in America?

Ellis Island

300

Which territories did the United States gain as a result of the Spanish American War?

Guam, Philippines, and Puerto Rico

300

Who invented the telephone?

Alexander Graham Bell

300

What was the main type of factory in South Carolina?

Textile Mills
400

Why was the Union Pacific able to cover more land than the Central Pacific?

They did not have to build through the mountains.

400

Where did Asian immigrants arrive in America?

Angel Island

400

What treaty ended the war?

The Treaty of Paris

400

Who was the first person to use the assembly line for their company (automobiles)?

Henry Ford

400

Laborers worked ___-hour weeks and earned about $_____ a year.

60

400

500

Where did the railroads meet?

Promontory Point, Utah

500

What did the Statue of Liberty symbolize for immigrants?

A new beginning

500

What was one reason America declared war on Spain?

-The sinking of the USS Maine

-Imperialism

-Yellow journalism

-Cuban Independence

500

Who invented film for cameras?

George Eastman

500

Which two technologies came to South Carolina in the late 1800s?

Telephones and electricity

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