Gilded Age EOC review

How did the invention shown in this patent illustration affect industry?

• Machines needed to be repaired less frequently
• Products could be manufactured on an assembly line.
•  Businesses needed to hire skilled workers
•  Factories could extend working hours.

Which sentence correctly completes this diagram?

• The Bracero program was introduced.
• The Chinese Exclusion Act was passed.
• Russian radicals joined labor unions in the United States.
•  Irish families immigrated to the United States.

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

• Social and economic class divisions began to disappear.
•  Concerns about air pollution led to stricter environmental regulations.
•  Union membership increased as workers sought better pay and conditions.
• Factory owners introduced wage-equity policies for women in the workplace.

One way the U.S. government responded to the problems caused by the conditions in 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

What was the primary purpose of Ellis Island in 1904?

• Processing permanent residents applying for U.S. citizenship
• Processing highly skilled workers arriving from China and Japan
• Processing first-class passengers arriving on European steamship lines
• Processing immigrants who mainly came from Southern and Eastern Europe

How did the actions of Sanford B. Dole help move the United States into a position of world power?

• He wrote articles for the Hearst and Pulitzer newspapers urging U. S. intervention to protect Cuban rebels from Spanish repression.
• He demonstrated in his writings the importance of obtaining colonies, increasing overseas trade and building a canal in Central America.
• He led American sugar and plantation owners who seized power in Hawaii and asked to be annexed to the United States.
• He led those senators who favored overseas expansion during the debates that took place in the U.S. Senate in the 1890s.

After observing how the major European powers had carved out "spheres of influence" in China, U. S. Secretary of State Hays proposed that the United States--

• help the Boxers to overthrow foreign influence in China.
• should enjoy equal trading rights with other foreign nations in China.
• help China to recover all those lands taken by European powers.
• blockade all Chinese ports if it was not given control of Hong Kong.

How did the invention of the electric light bulb improve standards of living in the United States?

• Americans were able to obtain inexpensive whale oil for their lamps.
• Americans were able to watch television programs late at night.
• Americans were able to work or to pursue leisure activities after dark.
• Americans were able to communicate instantly with friends.

Photographs like this one by Jacob Riis in 1888 reflected a growing concern with--

• how life in America differed from that in foreign countries
• the use of photography to express human emotions
• preserving the beauty of the natural environment
• documenting urban conditions to promote social change

What was the impact of the Homestead Act?

• It led to the transformation of the Great Plains into farmland.
• It placed permanent limits on land use on the Great Plains.
• It ensured that a proportion of land was conserved in its natural state.
• It took the first steps towards protection of the environment.