Unit 2 Review - Gilded Age

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What is the term for the development and growth of cities?

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Urbanization

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Where did Asian immigrants arrive when they came to America? Options: Angel Island, Rhode Island, Ellis Island, Fools Island

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Angel Island

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Americans who were anti-immigration due to the fear of losing jobs to immigrants were called-

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Nativists

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What innovation helped people settle the Great Plains and opened new markets in the west?

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Transcontinental Railroad

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The government encouraged Native Americans and immigrants to adopt white culture in a process called ___________________.

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Assimilation/Americanization

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What is the term for the process of developing industries in a country or region on a wide scale?

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Industrialization

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Someone who follows the "laissez-faire" approach to economics would agree most with which of the following statements? Government should only play a small role in the economy and limit the rules and regulations it puts on businesses

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Government should only play a small role in the economy and limit the rules and regulations it puts on businesses

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Andrew Carnegie used this business strategy, where a company owns or controls every part in the creation of its product (resources, factories, transportation)

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Vertical Integration

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Grace, Isla, and Elijah are working on a history project about the transcontinental railroad. They discovered that the railroad was mostly built by:

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Chinese and Irish immigrants because they worked for low wages.

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What was the overall purpose of the Homestead Act?

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Encourage people to migrate westward