Chapter 12 Section 1 &2

Question 1

United States was the world’s leading _________ by the late 1800s.

Answer 1

Industrial Nation

Question 2

By 1914 the GDP was ___ times greater than it had been at the end of the Civil War.

Answer 2

8

Question 3

In 1859, _______________ drilled the first oil well near Titusville, Pennsylvania.

Answer 3

Edwin Drake

Question 4

Population growth stemmed from what two large causes?

Answer 4

Large families and a flood of immigrants

Question 5

In 1867 who succeeded in creating the first telephone?

Answer 5

Alexander Graham Bell

Question 6

Name 5 Things Thomas Edison invented or improved

Answer 6

Electric Generator, Lightbult, Motion Picture, Dictaphone, Battery

Question 7

Edison supplied electric power to what major city?

Answer 7

New York City

Question 8

Who invented an air-brake system for railroads?

Answer 8

George Westinghouse

Question 9

Name some other inventions during the 1800s

Answer 9

Ice Machine, Refridgerated Railroad Car, Powerdriven sewing machine and cloth cutter

Question 10

What economic strategy was practiced in the late 1800s?

Answer 10

Laissez-Faire

Question 11

After the Southern states seceded, the Republican controlled Congress passed the _______________

Answer 11

Morrill Tarrif

Question 12

The railroad boom began when who signed the Pacific Railway Act in 1862?

Answer 12

Abraham Lincoln

Question 13

Who directed the Union Pacific Railway?

Answer 13

Grenville Dodge

Question 14

Who directed the Central Pacific Railroad?

Answer 14

Theordore Judah

Question 15

Workers completed the _____________ in four years

Answer 15

Transcontinental Railroad

Question 16

The Union Pacific Railroad and the Central Pacific Railroad met where?

Answer 16

Promontory Summit, Utah

Question 17

Who was one of the most successful railroad Consolidators?

Answer 17

Cornelius Vanderbilt

Question 18

Who decided to divide the country into 4 time zones?

Answer 18

The American Railway Association

Question 19

The Federal Government gave out what in order to encourage railroad construction across the great plains?

Answer 19

Land Grants

Question 20

Corruption in the Railroad industry became public in 1872 when the ____________________ scandal broke out.

Answer 20

Credit Mobilier

Question 21

This Scandal created the impression that all railroad entrepreuners were _______

Answer 21

Robber Barons

Question 22

who was the most notoriously corrupt railroad owner?

Answer 22

Jay Gould

Question 23

Who was an honest Rilroad consolidator?

Answer 23

James J. Hill

Question 24

What Railroad did James HIll operate?

Answer 24

Great Northern Railroad.

Question 25

Regions where the same time is kept?

Answer 25

Time Zone

Question 26

Built the Great Northern Railroad

Answer 26

James J. Hill

Question 27

One of the most successful railroad consolidators

Answer 27

Cornelius Vanderbilt

Question 28

Given to the railroad companies by the government to encourage railroad construction

Answer 28

land grants

Question 29

Which transcontitnental railroad operated without government subsidies and was the only one not forced into bankrupcy?

Answer 29

Great Northern Railroad

Question 30

By linking the nation, railroads helped increase the size of markets for _________

Answer 30

products

Question 31

The Central Pacific Railroad began as the dream of engineer_________

Answer 31

Theodore Dehone Judah

Question 32

What railroad began pushing westward under the direction of engineer Grenville Dodge?

Answer 32

Union Pacific

Question 33

The Central Pacific Railroad had primary investors who were known as _________

Answer 33

The Big Four

Question 34

because of a shortage of work in California, about 10,000 workers from _________ were hired.

Answer 34

China

Question 35

Railroad companies stimulated the economy by spending money on ________________________________

Answer 35

Steel, Coal, Timber and other necessities.

Question 36

Railroad________resulted in seven giant systems that controlled most rail traffic.

Answer 36

growth

Question 37

Before the 1880s each community set its clocks by the ___________

Answer 37

Suns position at noon.

Question 38

The ARA divided the country into 4 time zones to make rail service ______________ and _________

Answer 38

Reliable, safer

Question 39

During the 1850-60s the federal land grant system awarded railroad companies _____________ acres of land

Answer 39

120 million