Chapter 19
How many acres were dedicated to building the transcontinental railroad?
130 million acres
Who helped Samual Morse create the first telegraph line?
Congress
What is one "push" factor AND one "pull" factor for immigrants?
Push = famine, starvation, overcrowding
Pull = land, hope, jobs, opportunity
What does "transcontinental" mean?
In Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, what was the first name of Scrooge?
Ebenezer
What was life like in a boomtown?
Lawless, run by men, gambling, alcohol, violence
Who were the first customers to use telephones?
Businesses
What percent of immigrants made up city populations in 1890?
80%
What is a monopoly?
The exclusive possession or control of the a good or service
How many ghosts, in total, are in A Christmas Carol?
4
Past, present, future, and Jacob Marley
What was the National Grange?
First large farmers organization that was made up of a network of local groups
In what year did the Wright brothers take flight?
1903
Give an example of a modern day spectator sport
Any sport you can watch! Answers will vary!
Assimilate
The become part of a larger culture (Ex. to "Americanize")
How many sizes does the Grinch's heart grow in How the Grinch Stole Christmas?
Three sizes
Was land on reservations good for hunting and fishing?
NO
Name one railroad baron
Examples: Cornelius Vanderbuilt, James J Hill, Leland Stanford, Collis P. Huntington
What is regionalism?
Art or writing about a certain region in the US
What does injunction mean?
A court order to stop something from happening.
Finish the lyrics from Silent Night: “holy night, all is calm, all is _.”
Bright
What is one way that Native Americans were different from European settlers??
Answers will vary
What are factors of production? PLEASE EXPLAIN ONE.
Land, labor, and capital.
Land gives the natural resources and space to work, labor provides the workers/machines needed to get the good produced, and capital provides the money and machinery to make the good.
What is a realism?
Art or writing that displays common, daily life
What is a vaquero?
A Spanish cowboy or cowhand
What made Frosty the Snowman come to life?
A hat!
Which territroy did the two sets of tracks for the Transcontinental Railroad meet?
Utah Territory
How did unions react to some factories having to fire workers due to an economic depression?
Strikes, riots, and violence
What is one of the steps that New York City took to help with the health and education of its residents?
Health clinics, health screenings for school kids, nurses assigned to new mothers/babies
An affordable and reliable car designed by Henry Ford
In the movie Elf, what was the first rule of The Code of Elves?