Unit 2 Test-Gilded Age

Which of the following inventions was not an improvement on US infrastructure during the late 1800s

• Telegraph

• Cotton Gin

• Telephone

• Electric Light Bulb

Which development had the greatest impact of territorial growth, economic development, industrial growth, migration of people during the years after the Civil War?

• Canals

• Railroads

• Airplanes

• Telephones

-Escape from religious persecution

-Hope for freedom and equality

-Hope for better economic conditions

-Escape from political turmoil and war

Based on the bullets above, what was the most likely topic of discussion?

• Goals of US Naturalization policies

• Objectives of the Second Great Awakening

• Reasons for immigrating to the United States

• Principles of the Sons of Liberty

John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company and Andrew Carnegie's steel company are examples of

• government privatization of essential resources

• the public benefiting from business leaders that reformed domestic industries

• the rise of trusts and monopolies

• the impact of labor leaders on government

His invention enabled people to talk directly with each other across large distances

• Eli Whitney

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Samuel Gompers

During the late 1800s, the US steel and oil industries directly benefitted from the construction of

• The Trans-Continental Railroad

• The Erie Canal

• The Panama Canal

• Interstate Highways

Use the quote to answer the following question:

"While the law [of competition] may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it insures the survival of the fittest in every department.

We accept and welcome, therefore, as conditions to which we must accommodate ourselves, great inequality of environment, the concentration of business, industrial and commercial, in the hands of the few, and the law of competition between these, as being not only beneficial, but essential for the future progress of the race."

Source: Wealth and its Uses

Which of the following would have supported the quote above?

• Union leaders such as Samuel Gompers and Eugene V. Debs

• Business owners such as Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller

• Presidents such as Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson

• Progressives such as Ida Tarbell and Upton Sinclair

Which of the following had the greatest impact on the economy, politics, and culture of the United States during the late 1800s and early 1900s?

• Immigrants from Asia and Southern and Eastern Europe

• Immigrants from South Africa and Asia

• Immigrants from Canada and Mexico

• Immigrants from Western and Northern Europe

Which of the following best completes the graphic organizer above?

• Alcatraz Island and Liberty Island

• Ellis Island and Angel Island

• Stanton Island and Jekyll Island

• Long Island and Manhattan Island

What was the result of Plains Indians resistance to westward expansion by the United States Government?

• The Plains Indians maintained control of their traditional lands

• The Plains Indians benefited economically from government policy

• The Plains Indians became farmers and small business owners

• The Plains Indians were forced to live on reservations