Gilded Age & Westward Expansion

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This period during the 1870s to 1900 is known for its rise of railroads, big business, industrialization and social problems in the United States.

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Gilded Age

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USH.3(B) [R]

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Which of the following is NOT true regarding the growth of railroads in the late 1800s?
Railroads increased the demand for steel,
Railroads increased markets and brought urbanization to many areas,
Railroads created raw materials for industry,
Railroads reduced the need for steamships

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Railroads created raw materials for industry

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USH.3(B) [R]

USH.28(B)

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Why did labor unions form in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

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Poor working conditions, low pay and unfair treatment

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USH.3(B) [R]

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The excerpt is from a law passed in 1882. What led Congress to pass this law?

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Increasing Nativism and anti-immigrant sentiment

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USH.15(C) [S]

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Eleven million people migrated from _________________ between 1870 and 1920, and a majority of the twenty-five million immigrants who came to the United States in these same years moved into the nation's cities.

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rural to urban

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USH.3(B) [R]

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Interference with trade and competition and the monopolization of industry were both prohibited under the.....

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Sherman Anti-Trust Act

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USH.15(B) [R]

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Prohibition of special rates or rebates for individual shippers and the requirement of railroad rates to be "reasonable and just" are characteristics of the......

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Interstate Commerce Act

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USH.15(B) [R]

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The image presents a lists of facts regarding the Pullman Strike of 1894. Which of the following actions favored the workers rather than big business? Options: President Grover Cleveland signed an act making labor day a national holiday, The federal government sent troops to Illinois in order to break the strike, Union officials were arrested and jailed for violating court orders, Federal courts ruled against those leading boycotts and strikes

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President Grover Cleveland signed an act making labor day a national holiday

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USH.3(B) [R]

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The development of agricultural innovations like the windmill, barbed wire, and the steel plow in the late 1800s were motivated by -

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the growth of railroads that linked urban areas throughout the United States

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USH.27(B) [S]

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The completion of the Transcontinental Railroad contributed to the settlement of the Western United States by -

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Providing people access to essential goods

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USH.3(B) [R]