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Life After The Civil War
The Gilded Age
Industrial Strength
Connecting A Nation
Today's Class
100
The period from 1865-1877 is known as
What is Reconstruction
100
After the war, business grew..
What is larger and larger
100
Define: Capitalism
What is an economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, by investments that are determined by private decision, and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are determined mainly by competition in a free market
100
Traveling by train was not safe for passengers because
What is they sat in same room as a wood burner and had to be watchful of wayward sparks landing on their clothing
100
Name the two railroad companies
What is Union Pacific and Central Pacific
200
The United States look ___________ after the Civil War
What is westward
200
New technologies and business innovation led to....
What is less competition
200
The United States had surpassed most European Nations and had become the largest industrial economy in what year
What is 1914
200
Who helped build the railroads
Who are the Chinese
200
The government declared that the two railways would meet up up in what city
What is Ogden, Utah
300
This was used to defeat the Confederacy
What is industry
300
Name John D. Rockefeller's company
What is Standard Oil
300
The government was "pro" what
What is business
300
The railroad came to El Paso in
What is 1881
300
Who hammered a golden spike into the ground that marked the completion of the coast-to-coast line
What is Leland Stanford
400
Prior to the Civil War, _________ was the main contributor to the US economy
What is agriculture
400
Government interference during the Gilded Age was
What is nonexistent
400
Corruption spread to the
What is state and local level
400
George Westinghouse invented the
What is the air brake
400
How many acres of land did the railroads receive from the U.S. government
What is 200 million
500
When did the Gilded Age end
What is 1893
500
Name all three captains of industry
Who is John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and J. Pierpont Morgan
500
True leadership resided under who during the Gilded Age
Who are the industry magnates
500
This company produced sleeper cars and dining cars to make travel more comfortable
What is The Pullman Car Company
500
This was the nation's first regulatory agency
What is the interstate commerce commission