Industrialization and the Gilded Age Unit Review

Industrialization and the Gilded Age Unit Review

Multiple Choice

What industry was most affected by the refrigerated railcar?

• meatpacking

• textile

• farming

• steel-making

Multiple Choice

Why did the development of time zones make train schedules more reliable?

• It set the entire country to the same time.

• It measured time locally instead of country-wide.

• It created a standard of time that all trains followed.

• It made sure that each state was in only one zone.

Multiple Choice

The expansion of the railroad directly led to economic growth in the US because

• increased competition between different industries.

• allowed company owners to travel all over the country.

• made resources and products easier to transport.

• led to increased prices of newly available products and resources.

Multiple Choice

Why was Carnegie Steel an example of vertical integration?

• He controlled all of the steel plants in the United States.

• He controlled every step of steel production and distribution.

• He was able to produce more steel than other companies.

• He became the only source of steel after competitors failed.

Multiple Choice

How did John D. Rockefeller secure his monopoly in 1882?

• He purchased iron mines around the country to add to his business.

• He purchased coal plants around the country to add to his business.

• He broke up his company so it could operate in more than forty states.

• He created a trust that controlled oil wells, refineries, and distributors.

Multiple Choice

The term laissez-faire refers to the government’s approach, in the 1890s, to

• educational policy affecting schools.

• economic policy affecting business.

• domestic policy affecting social reform.

• foreign policy affecting trade.

Multiple Choice

Which reason best explains why urbanization happened in the United States in the late 1800s?

• Cities offered more jobs and opportunities.

• Rural areas only provided factory work.

• Rural areas were closed to immigrants.

• Cities were clean, peaceful places to settle.

Multiple Choice

How did railroads affect cities during the Second Industrial Revolution?

• Railroads led to the decline of cities by taking workers away from factories.

• Railroads helped cities grow by transporting goods and raw materials.

• Railroads led to the decline of cities by moving settlers to rural areas.

• Railroads helped cities grow by providing the greatest number of jobs.

Multiple Choice

Which is the best description of the living and working conditions of the urban poor at the turn of the twentieth century?

• Both living and working conditions were dangerous and unsafe.

• Both living and working conditions were relatively safe.

• Living conditions were unsafe, but working conditions were safe.

• Living conditions were safe, but working conditions were unsafe.

Multiple Choice

During the Second Industrial Revolution, which system of production dominated in factories?

• products were made slowly by hand

• products were made rapidly by machines

• products were made rapidly by hand

• products were made using specialized tools

Multiple Choice

During the Gilded Age, a factory worker who was injured while working generally received

• pay and some health benefits.

• a leave of absence with decreased pay.

• no pay but a promise that the job would be held for the worker.

• neither pay nor health benefits.

Multiple Choice

An example of a PULL factor would be

• oppression

• safety

• famine

• war

Multiple Choice

Which group faced a stricter interrogation at US immigration stations during the 1800s?

• Chinese immigrants

• Russian immigrants

• Irish immigrants

• German immigrants

Multiple Choice

What was an important pull factor for immigrants who arrived in the United States during the 1800s?

• teaching jobs

• religious persecution

• freedom of speech

• industrial jobs