Causes of the Boom- Part 1

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1. The USA was rich in which natural resources?

  • Iron, Natural Gas, Oil and Silver
  • Copper, Iron, Oil and Gold
  • Copper, Tin, Lead and Silver
  • Copper, Lead, Natural Gas and Gold
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2. The development of Railroads and communications led to..

  • Invention of the Telephone and Telegraph
  • All of the Above
  • Easy access to raw materials
  • USA being open to the mass market

3. The 'American Dream' was the idea of

  • promoting hard work as anyone has the potential to go from nothing to something
  • Promoting not doing anywork and still being able to go from nothing to something
  • promoting hard work as only the few has the potential to go from nothing to something
  • Promoting not doing hard work as you can go from something to nothing

4. Tariffs encourages people to...

  • buy products within own country rather than abroad
  • buy products outside their country rather than their own

5. Who were famous for achieving the American Dream?

  • Carnegie and Rockefellor
  • Hoover and Mellon
  • Carnegie and Hoover
  • Hoover and Rockefellor

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