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The immense cost of building railroads in the US was often paid for by the _____________.
Provide industrial training for adult Native Americans so they could compete for jobs
Transcontinental Railroad
Central Pacific
Irish and Chinese
US government
It destroyed their nomadic way of life
They grew incredibly fast as factories increased demand for labor
Homestead Act of 1862
This helped to open the West to settlement by giving away cheap land to settlers who stayed and worked on it for five years.
Provide industrial training for adult Native Americans so they could compete for jobs
Transcontinental Railroad
Central Pacific
Irish and Chinese
US government
It destroyed their nomadic way of life
They grew incredibly fast as factories increased demand for labor
Homestead Act of 1862
Completed in 1869, this linked East to West in the United States and helped to create much of the change we see in the Gilded Age.
Provide industrial training for adult Native Americans so they could compete for jobs
Transcontinental Railroad
Central Pacific
Irish and Chinese
US government
It destroyed their nomadic way of life
They grew incredibly fast as factories increased demand for labor
Homestead Act of 1862
Most of the labor for building railroads in the US came from which two groups of immigrants?
Provide industrial training for adult Native Americans so they could compete for jobs
Transcontinental Railroad
Central Pacific
Irish and Chinese
US government
It destroyed their nomadic way of life
They grew incredibly fast as factories increased demand for labor
Homestead Act of 1862
What was the effect of reservations on the Plains tribes?
Provide industrial training for adult Native Americans so they could compete for jobs
Transcontinental Railroad
Central Pacific
Irish and Chinese
US government
It destroyed their nomadic way of life
They grew incredibly fast as factories increased demand for labor
Homestead Act of 1862
Reservation schools were designed to do all of the following EXCEPT . . .
Provide industrial training for adult Native Americans so they could compete for jobs
Transcontinental Railroad
Central Pacific
Irish and Chinese
US government
It destroyed their nomadic way of life
They grew incredibly fast as factories increased demand for labor
Homestead Act of 1862
The Transcontinental Railroad was built by two competing companies, the Union Pacific and the _____________.
Provide industrial training for adult Native Americans so they could compete for jobs
Transcontinental Railroad
Central Pacific
Irish and Chinese
US government
It destroyed their nomadic way of life
They grew incredibly fast as factories increased demand for labor
Homestead Act of 1862
What happened to cities as a result of the Second Industrial Revolution?
Provide industrial training for adult Native Americans so they could compete for jobs
Transcontinental Railroad
Central Pacific
Irish and Chinese
US government
It destroyed their nomadic way of life
They grew incredibly fast as factories increased demand for labor
Homestead Act of 1862
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