Industrialization and the Gilded Age

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

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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

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flat grasslands for farming

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

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to own land

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Plantation owners faced what crisis at the end of the civil war?

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no more slaves to work the farms

Front

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

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Alexander Graham Bell

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

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Thomas Edison

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The "New South" meant

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We have changed, More than agriculture, great industry too, you will be impressed.

Front

How did African Americans get housing and income after slavery ended?

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As sharecroppers or tenant farmers

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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.

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Gilded Age

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What factors influenced the growth of industry? Options: Cotton candy, rollercoasters, popcorn; People lived very far apart; There was not enough water, trees, or oil; Railroads, coal, industrialization, and mechanization

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Railroads, coal, industrialization, and mechanization