The Greatest Single Factor Helping to Spur the Amazing Industrialization

question 147

Multiple Choice

The greatest single factor helping to spur the amazing industrialization of the post-Civil War years was

• A) agriculture.
• B) mining.
• C) the steel industry.
• D) electric power.
• E) the railroad network.

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Definitions:

Economic Problems

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Slave Power

A term used to describe the perceived political power held by slave owners in the United States pre-Civil War, influencing legislation and government.

Increase of Fear

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Second Bank of the United States

A federal institution that operated from 1816 to 1836, aimed at stabilizing and improving the national economy but faced opposition, leading to its closure.