Gilded Age- EOC Review

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Which benefit resulted from the introduction of the Bessemer steel process?

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Stronger and cheaper material for railroads and bridges

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Which factor prompted the Americanization movement of the early twentieth century? Options: The increasing numbers of immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe, The strengthening of Jim Crow laws in the southern United States, The rising tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, The growing concern about environmental issues in the western United States

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The increasing numbers of immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe

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Which action is best described by this excerpt? Options: Elected leaders helped immigrants to assimilate to life in the United States., Political machines justified corruption while providing benefits to communities., Progressive leaders protested eminent domain laws in the United States., Muckrakers tried to uncover government scandals in urban communities.

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Political machines justified corruption while providing benefits to communities.