3-Establishing an International Presence Review (SSUSH 11-16)

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(SSUSH 11a) What impact did the nation’s railroads have on the steel & other industries, following the Civil War?

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Industries thrived because railroads made it easier to ship products and materials.

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In this critique of the rise of industrialization and its impact on the United States, the artist sought to illustrate:

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The growing economic and political influence of monopolies and trusts

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What is the author referring to? Options: The completion of the Erie Canal, The completion of the Panama Canal, The completion of a transcontinental railroad, The completion of a transcontinental telegraph

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The completion of a transcontinental telegraph

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What task was this group of people working on?

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the construction of the transcontinental railroad

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During the construction of the transcontinental railroad, which group provided the labor needed to build the railroad? (Options: Native Americans, Immigrants, Socialists, Progressivist)

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Immigrants

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Which technological advances played an important role in opening the Great plains in the late 19th century? Options: Advance irrigation techniques, Steel plows, barbed wire & the mechanical reaper, Corporate development of drought-resistant grains, Scientific development of synthetic pesticides.

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Steel plows, barbed wire & the mechanical reaper.

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Following the Spanish-American War, the United States quickly became involved in another war because it refused to grant independence to:

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the Philippines.

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How did Henry Ford ensure that his Model T dominated the automobile industry in the early 20th century?

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Ford made the Model T inexpensively through mass production so the average Americans could afford them.

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Which term BEST reflects the cultural, social, intellectual, and artistic accomplishments of African Americans in the 1920s to mid-1930s? Options: the NAACP, the Great Society, the Great Migration, the Harlem Renaissance

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the Harlem Renaissance