Transportation
During the second half of the 1800s, the American West was most transformed by....
Railroads
Name two inventions from the late 1800s/early 1900s that continue to impact people today?
Assembly Line, Light Bulb, Phones
What were the apartment buildings called that families had to live in NYC?
Tenements
Which state is known as the "land of 10,000 lakes"?
Minnesota (The Greatest State)
Name of the first mass produced car in the United States
Model T
What allowed for companies to start making things more efficiently?
Mass production
Name three things Americans began doing for entertainment in the early 1900s.
Watching spectator sports, going to circuses, listening to jazz, watching movies, etc.
What percantage of water does lakes and rivers hold throughout the world?
1%
Railroad companies often _________ or combined separate companies.
Consolidated
Name two of the richest people in the world/us at the time.
John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie
What is a nativist?
People who opposed immigration
Seattle, Washington
Name 1 "railroad baron"
Cornelius Vanderbilt and James Hill
Which of the following is an example of the capital factor of production?
A. Coal
B. Machinery
C. Labor
D. Land
Name three countries people moved to the U.S. from in the late 1800s.
Greece, Russia, Hungary, Italy, Poland, and Turkey
How many U.S. states start with the letter "M"
Name them for a bonus 100 pts
8
Minnesota, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri and Montana
What were the two technologies or inventions that made if safer and easier for people to travel on railways?
Air brakes and Pullman cars
Estimate how much $1 in 1900 would be worth today. Whichever group is closest gets the points.
About $38
How tall is the Woolworth building?
792 Feet
If you were driving south from Detroit, Michigan, what is the first country (besides the U.S.) you would run into?
Canada