Berry - Gilded Age STAAR review

Multiple Choice

Which benefit resulted from the Bessemer steel process?

• Mechanical reapers to replace horse-drawn reapers

• Stronger and cheaper materials for railroads and bridges

• Transistors for radios

• Electric lightbulb

Multiple Choice

Which application of new technology can be attributed to the invention of Thomas Edison?

• Refrigerated railroad cars allowed food to be transported long distances

• Light bulbs made it efficient for factory workers to work at night

• Diesel engines were used in the production of airplanes

• Sonar technology was used to tract submarines

Multiple Choice

Which statement best explains how the application of electricity in the early 1900s affected the development of the US economy?

• Long-distance travel became more expensive

• College education became more accessible

• Manufacturing processes became more efficient

• Household appliances became more costly

Multiple Choice

How did the expansion of railroad transportation most benefit farmers in the United States?

• By raising the price of agricultural products

• By increasing the price of locally grown products

• By providing farmers with affordable access to distant markets

• By encouraging farmers to form the first agricultural cooperatives

Multiple Choice

Which statement describes how the Transcontinental Railroad affected the United States during the late 1800s?

• The railroad contributed to the rapid settlement and growth of towns in the West.

• The railroad caused a rapid decline in agriculture and mining in the West

• The railroad contributed to population growth and increased sharecropping in the East

• The railroad prompted Congress to buy land and create national parks in the East

Multiple Choice

How has the free enterprise system contributed to technological innovation?

• Companies have reduced their production of goods

• Companies have limited the number of employees they hire

• Companies have established industry-wide pricing policies

• Companies have competed to make better products

Multiple Choice

Which conclusion about the U.S economy is most supported by the information on the timeline.

• Government regulations prompted companies to develope alternative production techniques

• Decreased gloablization prompted companies to innovate and improve existing products

• Decreased demand for new technology forced producers to reduce manufacturing cost

• Marketplace competetion drove producers to innovate and improve products

Multiple Choice

Which title best completes this list?

• Role of entrepreneurs

• Goals of the federal reserve

• Objectives of trade union leaders

• Responsibilities of Business professors

Multiple Choice

What was one direct effect of the business practice discussed in the excerpt?

• Employees were prevented from buying stocks

• There were decreased competetion among producers

• Consumers were denied access to goods

• There was a lack of employment opportunities for immigrants

Multiple Choice

How did Andrew Carnegie contribute to social and civil life in the United States

• By promoting spiritual and moral values in public schools

• By supporting conservative ideals in federal legislation and foreign policy

• By establishing philanthropic organizations dedicated to education and the arts

• By creating a charitable foundation to end hunger

Multiple Choice

One way that the U.S government responded to the problems cause by the conditions on this list was by ---

• Passing the interstate commerce act

• Implementing the silver standard for currency

• Creating a federal jobs program for the unemployed

• Establishing a new tax on capital gains

Multiple Choice

Which of the following occured as a result of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?

• Workers secured a greater share of company profits.

• The influence of labor unions on factory owners were reduced

• The federal government could dissolve business monopolies

• Businesses were required to pay fees to open overseas location

Multiple Choice

Which of the following occured between 1865 and 1900 as a result of the rapid industrialization of the United States

• Social and economic class division began to disappear

• Concearns about air pollution begin to disappear

• Union membership increased as workers sought better pay and conditions

• Factory owners introduced wage-euquity policies for women in the work place.

Multiple Choice

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• Ratification of the suffrage amendment

• Building of the transcontinental railroad

• Passage of prohibition legislation

• Expansion of Labor Unions

Multiple Choice

The Knights of Labor and American Federal Labor were developed in response to the ---

• Decreased power to political machine

• Increased demand for skilled workers

• Decreased profitability of the agricultural sector

• Increased need to protect worker interests

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best characterizes the Gilded Age

• The discovery of gold fields in the West led to an increase in the amount of money issued for circulation

• Industrialists used their connections with corrupt government officials for material gain and political power

• In the deep south a sharp increase in immigration brought a boom in construction and industry

• Small, family owned farms were bought and consolidated to form large agricultural corporations