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- 1. Multiple Choice
What innovation made manufacturing more efficient?
Electricity
Railroad
Telephone
Oil refining
- 2. Multiple Choice
What innovation contributed to the rapid industrialization (growth of factories) of the United States?
Railroads
Telephone
Dry farming
Sewing machine
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which figure would support the idea of Social Darwinism?
John Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Cornelius Vanderbilt
J.P. Morgan
- 4. Multiple Choice
Many immigrants found work as-
unskilled labor in factories
farmers on the Great Plains
skilled craftsmen
Educators
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which idea summarizes the Gilded Age?
Many Americans moved west to farm
Native Americans were placed on Reservations
The discovery of Gold increased western migration
Industrialists used their wealth to influence politics
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is one positive about the laissez-faire politics?
Immigrants were exploited by political machines
Entrepreneurs started businesses without government interference
American workers formed labor unions
Many immigrants lived in tenements
- 7. Multiple Choice
What was an important effect of the invention of the light bulb?
Machines were able to be more efficient
Products were created on the assembly line
Factories could extend working hours
Businesses hired more skilled workers
- 8. Multiple Choice
What is the main idea of the cartoon?
Political Corruption
Laissez Faire
Monopoly
Social Darwinism
- 9. Multiple Choice
What idea is the cartoon addressing?
Monopoly
Laissez Faire
Americanization
Industrial Revolution
- 10. Multiple Choice
What factor most led to the growth of the steel industry?
Laissez faire economics
New production techniques
Labor unions
The need for a new building material
- 11. Multiple Choice
Who accepted bribes in return for favors?
Industrialists
Natavists
Political bosses
Immigrants
- 12. Multiple Choice
What statement about tenements was true during the Gilded Age?
The living conditions of tenements improved greatly
The number of people living in tenements declined
Many immigrants lived in crowded tenements
Tenements were torn down and rebuilt
- 13. Multiple Choice
What term attempted to assimilate people of different cultures?
Americanization movement
Nativism
Patronage System
Labor unions
- 14. Multiple Choice
What was one way workers tried to get better working conditions?
By homesteading on the Great Plains
By joining labor unions
By working for Political bosses
Through better education
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which development allowed people to live further away from their job?
Mass transit like subways
Construction of suspension bridges
The formation of Monopolies
Laissez Faire economics
- 16. Multiple Choice
What was one positive of wealthy industrialists?
Paying their workers low wages
Philanthropic donations to charity
Supporting social darwinism
Working with political machines
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