Cowboys drove cattle from Texas to railheads in
(California or Oklahoma)
What is Oaklahoma
100
When the Civil War began, most of the railroad track in the United States was in the ( east or south)
What is the east?
100
During the Industrial Revolution, more goods were made by hand than by machine. true or false
What is false
200
Because farmers and sheep ranchers completed with the cattle ranchers for land, the cattle ranchers had to start (fencing in cattle or letting their cattle roam free)
What is fencing in cattle
200
Without a standard gauge trains from one company did not fit on the tracks of another company. true or false
What is true
200
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act made it legal to form monopolies. true or false
What is false
300
The first railhead was opened in (Kansas or Alaska)
What is Kansas
300
By 1886, most railroad companies had agreed on a standard gauge of tracks. true or false
What is true
300
The Industrial Revolution started in (Canada or England)
What is England
400
American Ranchers learned how to care for cattle from (Spanish explorers or Mexican Vaqueros)
What is the Mexican Vaqueros?
400
The railroad moved _________ to factories. (people or raw materials)
What are raw materials
400
A _________ is when a company gets rid of competition and gets total control of a product .(monopoly or revolution)
What is monopoly
500
By 1860, Texas was home to 3 million (cattle or horses)
What are cattle?
500
The railroad helped change the United States into a mostly (agricultural or industrial) country.
What is industrial
500
John D. Rockefeller started a company that controlled 90% of the ____________ industry. (steel or petroleum)