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21 Cards in this Set
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it became an economic colossus producing |
1/3 of world's goods |
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population grew from |
31 million to 36 million |
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manufacturing shifted from |
people to machines |
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created a national economic system based not on small enterprises but powerful |
corporations
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Leland Stanford completed the |
Transcontinental railroad |
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what are two things required to build the railroads? |
money and land |
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private investors couldnt provide all of the money to build the railroads where did the money come from? |
federal state governments |
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railroad builders received |
13.1 million acres |
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how much to Minnesota? |
1/4 |
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how much to Washington? |
1/4 |
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how much to Kansas and Montana? |
1/5 |
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and how much to California |
1/8 |
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what city threw america's 100th birthday party? |
Philadelphia |
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what powered the 700 ton engine? |
coal stem engine |
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who demonstrated his telephone there? |
Alexander Graham Bell |
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who opened his Menlo park lab |
Thomas Edison |
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American inventors patented how many new inventions? |
1/2 million |
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conglomerations didnt just sell products they did what also? |
promoting and distributing |
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a man wanted to be his own boss what was his new ambition? |
to have a corporate carrier |
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Andrew Carnegie dominated the production of what product? |
steel |
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John D Rockefeller dominated the production of what product? |
petroleum |
