The American Industrial Revolution
Watch the video below and answer the following questions in your OW box. Be sure to number your answers.
Questions
1. Where did the Continental Railroad meet?
2. What was the difference in amount of railroad tracks between 1870 and 1890?
3.When Andrew Carnegie retired how much money was he guaranteed each month?
4. Who is known as the first oil billionaire?
5. What percent of the world oil trade did John D. Rockefeller control?
6. How many patents was Thomas Edison granted in his lifetime?
7. What percent of the Homestead failed by 1900?
8. Why where cattle trails set up for moving cattle from Texas to Kansas?
9. What did the Rivers and Harbors Act prohibit?
2. What was the difference in amount of railroad tracks between 1870 and 1890?
3.When Andrew Carnegie retired how much money was he guaranteed each month?
4. Who is known as the first oil billionaire?
5. What percent of the world oil trade did John D. Rockefeller control?
6. How many patents was Thomas Edison granted in his lifetime?
7. What percent of the Homestead failed by 1900?
8. Why where cattle trails set up for moving cattle from Texas to Kansas?
9. What did the Rivers and Harbors Act prohibit?