The Transcontinental Railroad
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
A railroad that was built to connect the East Coast and the West Coast of the U.S.
What is a pull factor?
A reason someone wants to go to another country.
Which war did the "rough riders" fight in?
The Spanish American War
Raw good: wheat
Manufactured good: _______
Cereal
Factory workers during the Industrial Revolution faced _________ working conditions.
Dangerous
What is one reason why the U.S. built the Transcontinental Railroad?
To be able to quickly move goods across the country.
What is a push factor?
A reason someone wants to leave their country.
Why was the Panama Canal built?
To shorten the time/distance for trade
Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller were business men who had complete control over the goods and resources in their industries. What did they have?
A monopoly
Though big businesses were successful, many people worked and lived in _________ conditions.
Difficult
Who was given the most challenging and dangerous jobs when building the Transcontinental Railroad?
Chinese Immigrants
Where did European immigrants arrive in America?
Ellis Island
Which territories did the United States gain as a result of the Spanish American War?
Guam, Philippines, and Puerto Rico
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
What was the main type of factory in South Carolina?
Why was the Union Pacific able to cover more land than the Central Pacific?
They did not have to build through the mountains.
Where did Asian immigrants arrive in America?
Angel Island
What treaty ended the war?
The Treaty of Paris
Who was the first person to use the assembly line for their company (automobiles)?
Henry Ford
Laborers worked ___-hour weeks and earned about $_____ a year.
60
400
Where did the railroads meet?
Promontory Point, Utah
What did the Statue of Liberty symbolize for immigrants?
A new beginning
What was one reason America declared war on Spain?
-The sinking of the USS Maine
-Imperialism
-Yellow journalism
-Cuban Independence
Who invented film for cameras?
George Eastman
Which two technologies came to South Carolina in the late 1800s?
Telephones and electricity