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AMSCO Chapter 16 railroad - correct answers The nation's first big business, created a nationwide market for goods. This encouraged mass production, mass consumption, and economic specialization. (p. 320) Cornelius Vanderbilt - correct answers Called "Commodore", he used his millions earned from a steamboat business to merge local railroads into the New York Central Railroad, which ran from New York City to Chicago, operating 4,500 miles of track. (p. 320) transcontinental railroads - ...

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the belief (theory) that it was the right of the United States to occupy all of America from Sea to Shining Sea! correct answer: Manifest Destiny The Census of 1890 announced the official end of the American Frontier (Frederick Jackson Turner) correct answer: Turner's Frontier Thesis this war between the states (CSA v. USA) promoted the growth of industrialism in the late 1800s (steel, railroads, communication, weapons, mass production of pre-made goods) correct answer: The Civil War ...

APUSH AMSCO Chapter 16 (2023/2024) Rated A+ nation's first big business Railroads created a nationwide market for goods. This encouraged mass production, mass consumption, and economic specialization. (p. 320) Cornelius Vanderbilt He merged local railroads into the New York Central Railroad, which ran from New York City to Chicago. (p. 320) Eastern Trunk Lines In the early days of the railroads, from the 1830s to the 1860s, railroad lines in the east were different incompatible sizes which cr...

Amsco APUSH Chapter 16 EXAM 70 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) nation's first big buisness - ANSWER- Railroads Cornelius Vanderbilt - ANSWER- used his $$$ from steamboat business to merge local railroads into the New York Central Railroad (1867) 4,500 miles of track Eastern trunk lines - ANSWER- A trunk line was the major route between cities; w/ smaller branches reaching w/ outlying towns (result of diff. gauges pre-civil war) -Vanderbil...

US History Final Exam Review PASSED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers Laissez-faire - CORRECT ANSWER- A french phrase meaning "let people do as they choose." SIG: Supporters if this believed that the government should not interfere in the economy other than to protect private property rights and maintain peace Rail Roads - CORRECT ANSWER- Allows nation to expand westward, allows agriculture to expand into the Great Plains. Allows cities and towns to expand. Provides easy ways to get...

APUSH Period Exam Elaboration |UPDATED| laissez faire *Ans* Economic liberalism that believes in unrestricted private enterprise and no government interference in the economy. Social Darwinism *Ans* The application of ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies - particularly as a justification for their imperialist expansion. JP Morgan *Ans* An influential banker and businessman who bought and reorganized companies. His US Steel company would buy Carnegi...

Industrial Revolution - ️️the change from an agricultural to an industrial society and from home manufacturing to factory production, especially the one that took place in England from about 1750 to about 1850. Factors Promoting Industrial Growth - ️️-Factories built to make arms for the civil war -urbanization -inventions of new products -expansion of railroads -influx of immigrants Big Business - ️️Term used to describe the corporations and monopolies since the industrial...

Gilded Age the Gilded Age was the period following the Civil War, roughly from the end of Reconstruction in 1877 to the turn of the twentieth century. A gilded patina is "pretty" on the outside / "ugly" on the inside. Immigration European Immigration / Nativism (hatred towards immigrants) / Nativist ideals towards Irish Catholics. Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) First federal law to restrict immigration (1882) / Chinese had helped with the construction of the Transcontinental Rai...

Timeshare Test 1 Study Guide Marriott Vacation Club just introduced what kind of ownership? - points Existing Marriott Vacation Club owners will have to convert their ownership into the new program. - FALSE Timeshare sales have increased or decreased in the United States since last year. - Decreased At the end of the semester Dr. Kaufman accepts extra credit papers if you have a poor grade. - FALSE Before the banking issues if you could sign your name and wanted to buy it timesh...