AR Chp. #16 Review

A pure capitalist system is a perfect economic system.

• True

• False

Several transcontinental railroad lines were built across the American West in the late 1800s.

• True

• False

Long-distance travel in the East became efficient before the Civil War because railroads were fully connected.

• True

• False

Urban areas experienced steady growth during the late 1800s.

• True

• False

Most of America’s early businesses were corporations.

• True

• False

After the 1800s, most immigrants coming to America were Protestant.

• True

• False

The railroads received money and land from the government based on how much track they laid.

• True

• False

The first trust was formed in the oil industry.

• True

• False

Social Darwinists believed that driving weak competitors out of business was part of survival.

• True

• False

American ingenuity brought about large numbers of patented inventions in the late 1800s.

• True

• False