Economic Developments: Urbanisation in the West

Question 1

How could the Western economy still be described as from 1890-1920?

Answer 1

Patchy

Question 2

Which region of the USA continued to be the driving force for funding of the West?

Answer 2

The North-East of the USA

Question 3

How were ports in The West of the USA able to grow?

Answer 3

Because trade with China was increasing

Question 4

Name a gold rush which occurred in The West in the late 1890s and the specific year it occured.

Answer 4

Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush of 1897

Question 5

Name a town which was set up in The West due to the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush

Answer 5

Nome

Question 6

What was a limitation to towns being set up in The West due to gold rushes?

Answer 6

After the gold rushes ended, everyone left these towns

Question 7

What was the scale of the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush in The West?

Answer 7

It almost doubled the amount of gold the USA had

Question 8

Name a piece of legislation influenced by the 1897 Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush

Answer 8

The Gold Standard Act of 1900

Question 9

What did the Gold Standard Act of 1900 do?

Answer 9

Committed the USA to the Gold Standard