Gilded Age

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What innovation made manufacturing more efficient?
Options: Electricity, Railroad, Telephone, Oil refining

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Electricity

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What innovation contributed to the rapid industrialization (growth of factories) of the United States? Options: Railroads, Telephone, Dry farming, Sewing machine

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Railroads

Front

Which figure would support the idea of Social Darwinism? John Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, Cornelius Vanderbilt, J.P. Morgan

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John Rockefeller

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Many immigrants found work as-
Options: unskilled labor in factories, farmers on the Great Plains, skilled craftsmen, Educators

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unskilled labor in factories

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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

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Industrialists used their wealth to influence politics

Front

What is one positive about the laissez-faire politics?

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Entrepreneurs started businesses without government interference

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What was an important effect of the invention of the light bulb?

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Factories could extend working hours

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What is the main idea of the cartoon? Options: Political Corruption, Laissez Faire, Monopoly, Social Darwinism

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Political Corruption

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What idea is the cartoon addressing? Options: Monopoly, Laissez Faire, Americanization, Industrial Revolution

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Monopoly

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What factor most led to the growth of the steel industry? Options: Laissez faire economics, New production techniques, Labor unions, The need for a new building material

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New production techniques