Industrialization and the Gilded Age

Front

Why did the south, including Tennessee, move towards industrialization after the Civil War?

Back

to make the South’s economy more competitive with the north

Front

Which feature made the Great Plains appealing to the settlers in the late 1800s?
Options: canals to transport goods, flat grasslands for farming, mountains with gold, forested hills for lumber

Back

flat grasslands for farming

Front

Why did many Americans and immigrants move west after the Civil War?

Back

to own land

Front

Who developed techniques to improve depleted soils caused by repeated plantings of cotton?

Back

George Washington Carver

Front

Who was an inventor and scientist who patented “an electronic speech machine” and started the American Telephone and Telegraph company?

Back

Alexander Graham Bell

Front

Who was an inventor and scientist who improved the light bulb, leading to the development of electricity; had more than 1,000 patents?

Back

Thomas Edison

Front

Which two groups played an important part in building the Transcontinental Railroad?

Back

Irish and Chinese immigrants

Front

What encouraged westward settlement by giving settlers ownership of more than 100 acres of land, as long as the requirements were met?

Back

Homestead Act of 1862

Front

This era/time period was marked by rapid growth in economy and industry, the rise of a small group of the super-rich and a large class of urban poor.

Back

Gilded Age

Front

Why did homesteaders on the Great Plains build their homes from sod?

Back

There were few trees.