The US Becoming a World Power

How did the United States economy change after the Civil War?

• the economy changed from farming to herding
• the economy changed from trade to farming
• the economy changed from farming and trade to manufacturing goods
• the economy changed from manufacturing goods to trade and farming

Which is NOT a way in which the light bulb and electricity contributed to the economic growth of the United States?

• growth of transportation
• enabled people to communicate by phone
• new way of powering manufacturing plants
• development of factories in many locations

Why did Samuel Morse invent the telegraph?

• to help the wealthy communicate 
• to help businesses communicate
• to help airlines communicate
• to help railroads communicate

What was the main purpose of the Jim Crow laws?

• to keep the native americans under control
• to keep the african americans under control
• to help with the integration of all races in public places
• to help with the integration of african americans in public places

What two things were put into place by a series of laws to keep African Americans from voting?

• a required literacy test and a job
• a required literacy test and a poll tax
• a required literacy test and a fitness test
• a required literacy test and a high school diploma 

What did the Supreme Court rule in the case of Plessy vs. Ferguson?

• separate facilities were legal
• separate facilities were illegal 
• separate facilities were legal for schools only
• separate facilities were legal as long as they were equal

What is NOT a reason immigrants came to the United States?

• religious freedom
• economic opportunities
• farming and agriculture
• political and social equality

Immigrants found all the following opportunities in the United States EXCEPT

• free food
• public schools
• the right to vote
• jobs in factories 

Which of the following is a major contribution that immigrants made to the growth and development of the United States?

• the invention of the telegraph
• the invention of the cotton gin
• the establishment of the first college
• the building of the Transcontinental Railroad

In 1920, where did the majority of the people in the United States live?

• in cities
• on farms
• in California
• in the mountains