Gilded Age

Why did the growth of railroads during the late 1800s create a boom for the steel industry?

• Steel rails were much more durable than the iron rails that had been in use.

• Mining Iron was to costly

• Iron was stronger but steel was more flexible

• Steel makers paid them to install steel rails

Select all that were not a result from The growth of the railroad industry in the United States led to

• Centralization of economic and political power into corporations and Trusts

• Growth of small businesses

• Increase in political power of Midwest farmers

• a rapid and successful push for gov't regulation of big business

The development of railroads and canals, which could be used to ship products to Northern and Southern states, and to ship important farm products and other goods back out West, caused which type of people movement?

• helped people migrate west and open and operate successful businesses

• People moved away from the cities towards the east coast

• Native Americans Move into Appalachian Mountains

• People left west to move to New York

What invention lowered the cost of shipping in the United States?

• Telephone

• Railroad

• Sling Strap

• Oregon Trail

Andrew Carnegie was known for which of the following?

• being a poor Scottish Immigrant

• owning standard oil

• owning a steel company

• Being both Scottish and owning a steel company

• All of the above

In the late nineteenth century, corporate mergers and the creation of holding trusts and companies led to which of the following?

• increasingly diversified markets

• the development of monopolies

• more small businesses

• less international trade

What invention helped lead to a boom in cattle ranching by making it cheaper to transport cows nationwide?

• Barbwire

• Cattle Prod

• Railroad

• Bonanza Farms

What bright invention resulted in workers working longer hours and factories running 24/7 even at night?

• pullman car

• light bulb

• Time Clock

• Labor Unions

Which major improvement to US infrastructure was triggered by the invention of the light bulb?

• Building of Railroads

• Building of skyscrapers

• building of an electricity grid

• building of canals and bridges

Which TWO statements about life in the United States during the Gilded Age are incorrect?

• The formation of corporations led to high profits for industrial capitalists.

• The formation of labor unions allowed most common workers to become rich and prosperous.

• Widespread panic over the nation's struggles to industrialize led to huge declines in consumer activity.

• Widespread immigration resulted in the overpopulation of urban areas, thus leading to rising poverty levels.

• A large migration occurred from large eastern cities to the Midwest, where many new immigrants became farmers.