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The industrial Giant
industrialization
Question | Answer |
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What was one reason American manufacturing flourished? | New natural resources were discovered and used steadily. |
What was the most significant of industrialization? | The invention of railroads. |
When General Lee surrendered, how much track was laid? | Less than 35,000 miles. |
In what year was the skeleton of the railroad network complete? | 1875 |
The debt of the railroad was 5.1 billion, what was the national debt? | 1.1 billion |
The telephone was invented by who? | Alexander Graham Bell |
What was the belief of a strong government policy of noninterference? | Laissez-faire |
What was the goal of the Sherman Antitrust Act? | To restore competition. |
What was the outcome of Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railroad v. Illinois? | State legislature couldn't regulate interstate economic activity; only federal government could. |
Andrew Carnegie's steel plant got shook when what happened? | Strikers attacked 300 guards. |