STAAR Review Day 2: Gilded Age

During the Gilded Age, there was an increase in ________________ and _________________ as people moved to U.S. cities looking for economic opportunities.

• Immigration / urbanization

• capitalism / imperialism

• communism / free enterprise

• reform movements / civil rights

During the Gilded Age, the expansion of _________________________led to corruption in the government but also improvements in basic services and urban infrastructure.

• the railroad

• suffrage

• slavery

• political machines

What innovation helped people settle the Great Plains and opened new markets in the west?

• Automobile

• Airplane

• Telephone

• Transcontinental Railroad

The government encourage Native Americans and immigrants to adopt white culture in a process called ____________.

• cultural diffusion / globalization

• acculturation / industrialization

• assimilation / americanization

• overspeculation / urbanization

Americans who were anti-immigration due to fear of losing jobs to immigrants were called -

• muckrakers

• nativists

• imperialists

• industrialists

This law was made to reduce competition for jobs on the West coast because it prohibited immigration from China?

• Sherman Anti-Trust Act

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Homestead Act

Which group of immigrants came to the U.S. as a result of famine and were discriminated against for being Catholic?

• Irish

• Chinese

• Germans

• Spanish

Which of the following best characterizes the Gilded Age?

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

• Industrialists used their connection 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

Which application of a new technology can attributed to an 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 production of airplanes

• Sonar technology was used to track submarines

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

• By raising the consumer price of agricultural products

• By increasing the variety of locally grown crops

• By providing farmers with affordable access to distant markets

• By encouraging farmers to form the first agricultural cooperatives