Steel Mills were built in Gary, Indiana is because the city is located
A. By the Atlantic Ocean
B. Near the Great Plains
C. Near the boarder
D. On the Great Lakes
What is D. On the Great Lakes because it is by water.
100
The stove, safety pin, mason jar, washing machine, carpet sweeper, and sewing machine all made what?
What is new products for your home.
100
What is another word for automobile?
What is a car
200
What was the economic importance of the transcontinental railroad?
What is to expand commerce across the nation
200
The greatest increase in automobile sales occurred between what two dates?
What is 1921-1923
200
What is the time period called when new inventions were made.
What is the Roaring 20's.
300
What was the effect of the Industrial Revolution? AKA the roaring 20's.
What is the new inventions made the productions of goods easier.
300
Why did the sales of automobiles increase during the 1920's?
What is the use of mass- production AKA the assembly line.
300
The Spanish-American war, the World War 1, and Industrialization led the what?
What is events leading to the US becoming a World Power.
400
Young children working, unsafe working conditions, and 12 hour work days created what?
What is The labor unions to protect workers.
400
One cause of the Great Depression
What is too many people buying stocks.
400
What invention would make products more quickly and efficiently
What is the Assembly line
500
Ellis Island was opened to do what?
What is process immigrants arriving from overseas.
500
The time period is when families had no money for Christmas presents, lots of children, no stove for cooking, and there was a lot of people sick.
What is the Great Depression
500
Franklin D. Roosevelt began the new programs, the Social Security and the New Deal. Why did he do this?