U.S. History American Economic Expansion

Between 1865 and 1897, the national railway network grew from 35,000 to almost ___________ miles of track.

200,000

About what percentage of American cowboys were African Americans?

25%

According to the lesson, which of the following was the most important ingredient to the rise of big business?

A growing population and the availability of cheap labor

Which of the following individuals is famous for inventing the telephone?

Alexander Graham Bell

Which of the following best describes laissez-faire economics, which was an important government policy during the Gilded Age?

Government generally did not interfere with business.

Which of the following US cities was first founded as a mining boom town?

Helena, Montana

Which of the following best describes the management structure of most big businesses during the Gilded Age?

Hierarchical

Which of the following best describes the provisions of the Contract Labor Act of 1864?

It allowed private businesses to pay for an immigrant's passage to the United States.

Which of the following individuals was the first to refer to the 35 years between the Civil War and the end of the 19th century as the Gilded Age?

Mark Twain

According to the lesson, which of the following industries was the first to produce modern corporations?

Railroads

Between 1860 and 1920, the United States accepted 28 million immigrants. Most of these immigrants came from which of the following parts of the world?

Southern and Eastern Europe

Which of the following inventions are attributed to Thomas A. Edison? [Please choose all that apply.]

The phonograph The motion picture camera The electric motor

According to the lesson, which of the following best describes a stock?

Units that represent part ownership of a company sold in order to raise revenue

What was the name given to Mexican cowboys during the time of the cattle drives?

Vaqueros

According to the lesson, the push and pull factors that led many Americans to migrate to cities were primarily ____________ in nature.

economic

What was the name of the mining technique that used high-pressure water cannons to break away hillsides to reveal valuable minerals?

hydraulic mining

The market for beef in the early nineteenth century was underwhelming, but Texans still maintained cattle ranches for_______and_______,animal fat used in the production of candles and soap.

leather, tallow

According to the lesson, Thomas Edison's most important invention was the __________________.

lightbulb

Beginning in 1866, Texas cowboys would move cattle north more than 1,000 miles in order to bring them to market. This annual ritual became known as the __________ __________.

long drive

Massive migration to cities saw the rise of densely populated sections of those cities called _________, where disease and poverty were rampant.

slums