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1
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United States was the world’s leading _________ by the late 1800s.

A

Industrial Nation

2
Q

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

A

8

3
Q

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

A

Edwin Drake

4
Q

Population growth stemmed from what two large causes?

A

Large families and a flood of immigrants

5
Q

In 1867 who succeeded in creating the first telephone?

A

Alexander Graham Bell

6
Q

Name 5 Things Thomas Edison invented or improved

A

Electric Generator, Lightbult, Motion Picture, Dictaphone, Battery

7
Q

Edison supplied electric power to what major city?

A

New York City

8
Q

Who invented an air-brake system for railroads?

A

George Westinghouse

9
Q

Name some other inventions during the 1800s

A

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

10
Q

What economic strategy was practiced in the late 1800s?

A

Laissez-Faire

11
Q

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

A

Morrill Tarrif

12
Q

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

A

Abraham Lincoln

13
Q

Who directed the Union Pacific Railway?

A

Grenville Dodge

14
Q

Who directed the Central Pacific Railroad?

A

Theordore Judah

15
Q

Workers completed the _____________ in four years

A

Transcontinental Railroad

16
Q

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

A

Promontory Summit, Utah

17
Q

Who was one of the most successful railroad Consolidators?

A

Cornelius Vanderbilt

18
Q

Who decided to divide the country into 4 time zones?

A

The American Railway Association

19
Q

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

A

Land Grants

20
Q

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

A

Credit Mobilier

21
Q

This Scandal created the impression that all railroad entrepreuners were _______

A

Robber Barons

22
Q

who was the most notoriously corrupt railroad owner?

A

Jay Gould

23
Q

Who was an honest Rilroad consolidator?

A

James J. Hill

24
Q

What Railroad did James HIll operate?

A

Great Northern Railroad.

25
Q

Regions where the same time is kept?

A

Time Zone

26
Q

Built the Great Northern Railroad

A

James J. Hill

27
Q

One of the most successful railroad consolidators

A

Cornelius Vanderbilt

28
Q

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

A

land grants

29
Q

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

A

Great Northern Railroad

30
Q

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

A

products

31
Q

The Central Pacific Railroad began as the dream of engineer_________

A

Theodore Dehone Judah

32
Q

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

A

Union Pacific

33
Q

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

A

The Big Four

34
Q

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

A

China

35
Q

Railroad companies stimulated the economy by spending money on ________________________________

A

Steel, Coal, Timber and other necessities.

36
Q

Railroad________resulted in seven giant systems that controlled most rail traffic.

A

growth

37
Q

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

A

Suns position at noon.

38
Q

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

A

Reliable, safer

39
Q

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

A

120 million