The West Quest

Question 1

Industrialization, Mass Production and Urbanization

Answer 1

U.S. needs money after Reconstruction.
Fuels and Metals Skyrocket
Start selling goods to Asia
Stronger ore and metals for trains
Cornelius Vanderbilt becomes tycoon because invests

Question 2

Steam power and Transcontinental Railroad

Answer 2

After stronger ore and metals for trains were created, we started moving to the transcontinental railroad
Steam-powered factories help US make and sell goods to Asia

Question 3

Nativism, Xenophobia, and the Chinese Exclusion Act

Answer 3

immigrants are seen as less than native-born ppl
Xenophobia= hate towards ppl from other countries
“know-nothings”