Development of the Industrial United States

Interpretation of Atlas Graphs, Maps, Charts, and Photos

Atlas Skills

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Immigration Swells the Work Force (pages 70 and 71 in atlas)

  1. What nation-altering accomplishment occurred in 1869?
  2. A majority of immigrants between 1820 and 1890 were from ______and ______Europe.
  3. Southern and Eastern Europe immigration began to jump between ______and 1890.
  4. Asian immigration ______after 1880.
  5. Match the major immigrant groups with one of the states they settled in.
  6. Chinese ____z. Wisconsin
  7. German ____y. Texas
  8. Norwegians ____x. Montana
  9. Irish ____w. California
  10. Canadian ____v. Massachusetts
  11. Mexican ____u. North Dakota
  12. While the Germans mainly settled ______of the Rockies, the Chinese were mainly found in the ______- states.
  13. Both Chinese and German immigration peaked in the early ______.
  14. After 1882 the Chinese were ______from immigrating to the United States.
  15. At the height of immigration, about ______Germans and ______Chinese immigrated in the same year.
  16. The Chinese were the largest ______immigrant group in the United States. Many worked for the ______. Chinese immigration was so great that by 1890 they were the largest immigrant group in ______and ______. However, 1882, the ______-- Act barred further immigration from China.
  17. By 1890 almost __ out of ____ people in the United States were immigrants.
  18. When did the U.S. become the number one producer of steel in the world?
  19. What did the inscription on Statue of Liberty indicate about the U.S. and immigration?
  20. What was the largest immigrant group in Kentucky in 1890?
  21. What factor best indicates the impact of western migration on Native Americans by 1890?

Railroads Transform the West, pages 72 and 73

  1. In 1860 there were ______miles of track in the U.S.
  2. Railroads hired ______and ______immigrants to lay new tracks in the West.
  3. By 1870 there were ______miles of track, including the first ______railroad.
  4. Travel time across the country went from ______days to ______days.
  5. Physical geography favored the ______over the ______in building the transcontinental railroad.
  6. Cattle were driven to cow towns because…
  7. Cattle drives were no longer necessary by the late 1880s because…
  8. ______helped pay for the transcontinental railroads.
  9. The U.S. ______provided all of the tracks railroads needed to expand.
  10. Number the following events in the order in which they occurred.
  11. Only about 1,000 buffalo remain.
  12. 40 million buffalo roam the Plains.
  13. Southern buffalo range is nearly eliminated.
  14. Buffalo range is split by railroads.
  15. Cattle and buffalo are both at about 5 million.
  16. For each pair of events, write C next to the cause and E next to the effect.
  17. ______Cattle are no longer able to cross open prairie.

______Barbed wire is introduced in the West.

  1. ______Several railroads connect Texas to the rest of the country.

______Cattle are shipped in trains, rather than walked north.

  1. ______Cattle graze throughout the plains.

______Buffalo lose their range.

  1. ______Cattle ranching expands on the northern range.

______Northern Pacific railroad built.

  1. What was the major cause of the difference mentioned in the Frank Mayer quote?

Using Indian Lands to Feed the Nation, pages 74 and 75

  1. In 1865 most Indian lands were west of ______degrees W.
  2. This land was considered too ______for farming.
  3. After the Civil War, about ______Indians lived in this area.
  4. The ______encouraged people to settle in the West by offering them free land.
  5. The Indian wars of the West lasted about ______years.
  6. Write dry if the statement refers to an area where the annual rainfall is generally less than 20 inches and wet if the annual rainfall is more than 20 inches.
  7. East of 100 degrees West ______
  8. Rocky Mountains and Great Plains ______
  9. Northern PacificCoast ______
  10. Write True if the statement is true and False if the statement is false.
  11. In 1880 most farms were east of 100 degrees W. ______
  12. More than three fourths of the land of the U.S. was not farmed in 1850. ______
  13. Nearly half of the U.S. was farmed by 1900.
  14. U.S. increased its wheat production 600 percent in just 50 years.
  15. All of the land in the West was farmed.
  16. Write 1865 if the statement describes the state or territory in 1865. Write 1890 if it describes the state or territory later.
  17. ______Nevada was almost completely held by Indians.
  18. ______Texas had no lands held by Indians.
  19. ______Parts of Indian Country became OklahomaTerritory.
  20. ______South Dakota had several large Indian reservations.
  21. ______and ______were the two main things being raised on the Plains by 1880.
  22. The ______took reservation land away from tribes and gave it to individual Indians and one problem with this was ______.
  23. The one thing that the vast majority of Indian reservations had in common was that they were located on land that ______.

Mining the Raw Materials for Industry, pages 76-77

  1. Write True if the statement is true and False if the statement is false.
  2. ______Gold and silver were the only minerals found in the West.
  3. ______Most minerals were found in mountainous areas.
  4. ______Mining companies often took over from individual miners.
  5. ______Mining could poison the water and the soil.
  6. Write the year that each statement applies to.
  7. ______Population at its heights.
  8. ______Silver found, population jumps.
  9. ______Few people live in Nevada.
  10. ______Population the same as 30 years earlier.
  11. ______Silver prices fall.
  12. Match the description with the place.
  13. ______Alaska’s neighbor to the east. z. Arctic circle
  14. ______Alaska’s neighbor to the west. y. Russia
  15. ______Line of latitude that crosses Alaska. x. Bering and Beaufort
  16. ______Seas that surround Alaska. w. Gulf of Alaska
  17. ______Body of water south of Alaska. v. Canada
  18. Alaska was bought from ______in the year ______.
  19. At the time, Alaska was called “______.”
  20. Alaska is as far from east to west as ______is from ______in the lower 48 states.
  21. Alaska was largely ignored until ______was discovered.
  22. Most miners arrived in Alaska by ______.
  23. Most of the gold strikes were found along the ______River.

Becoming an Industrial Nation

  1. ______sought better working conditions for miners and industrial workers.
  2. ______was used to power locomotives and factories and to transform iron into steel.
  3. ______was used to build machinery, railroads, steamships, and tall buildings.
  4. ______of the industrial output in the U.S. was produced in the Northern and Eastern U.S.
  5. Name the 10 new states added to the U.S. between 1864 and 1900 as a result of settlement.
  6. ______was the most dangerous form of work.
  7. What allowed the U.S. to become a major producer of steel by 1900?
  8. Why was the United Mine Workers established in 1890?
  9. Where was manufacturing located in Kentucky?
  10. Identify the % of Americans involved in each of the following occupations?
  11. ______Construction
  12. ______Transport
  13. ______Manufacturing
  14. ______Agriculture