Unit 5: Gilded Age and Progressive Era - Final

Base your answers to the question on the graphic organizer below and your knowledge of social studies.

Which title is most appropriate for this graphic organizer?

• Rise of Labor Unions

• Innovations and Technology

• Vertical Integration of Business

• Factors Contributing to Industrialization

Base your answers to the question on the graphic organizer below and your knowledge of social studies.

Which event is most closely associated with the developments displayed above?

• he assassination of Abraham Lincoln

• The Indian Removal Act

• The Pullman railroad strike

• The U.S. entry into World War I

Base your answer to the question on the image below and your knowledge of social studies.

Who was the intended audience of this document?

• Scientists worldwide so that the invention could benefit all of humanity

• Alexander Graham Bell’s students studying the principles of electric current

• Engineers who worked for Alexander Graham Bell so that they could construct telephones

• U.S. Patent officials so that they could register Alexander Graham Bell’s invention as his property

Base your answer to the question on the image below and your knowledge of social studies.

Which claim below best describes the effects of the invention of the telephone?

• Organizing business deals became more cumbersome in the 1880s.

• Its facilitation of communication contributed to business growth.

• Its facilitation of communication led to political controversy.

• It led to the passage of reforms to the patent system.

Base your answer to the question on the document excerpted below and your knowledge of social studies.

Based on this introduction to a resolution, what effect did the Erie Canal have on the economy?

• It fortified U.S. military strength along the NY border with Canada

• It damaged the agricultural economy of the Western states

• It contributed to growing industrialization in towns and cities along its route.

• It forced western farmers to find new markets outside the United States

Base your answer to the question on the document excerpted below and your knowledge of social studies

Based on this introduction to a resolution, what role did state governments play in the economy?

• They adopted a laissez-faire role, allowing private businesses to grow the economy without government intervention or help.

• They spent public money on infrastructure projects designed to help businesses grow and profit.

• They defended Native American land claims against speculators on western lands

• They forbid private businesses to use canals and railroads built with funding from the state government.

Base your answer to the question on the photograph and document excerpted below as well as your knowledge of social studies.

How did U.S. society respond to the development described above?

• People stopped purchasing as many automobiles.

• Businesses adopted these faster production methods and grew exponentially.

• The American economy shrank due to a glut of consumer goods.

• American laborers enjoyed a more relaxed pace of work.

Base your answer to the question on the photograph and document excerpted below as well as your knowledge of social studies.

What effect did the practice described above have on industrial workers in the United States?

• It gave laborers a better sense of purpose in their work

• It led to the need for more workers to accomplish the same work

• It reduced work to repetitive tasks easily performed by machines

• It created more professionalism among the industrial workers

Base your answer to the question on the speakers’ statements below as well as your knowledge of social studies.

What would Speaker B most likely want the federal government to do?

• Regulate child labor.

• Adopt a progressive income tax.

• Strengthen the immigration laws.

• Support the concept of Social Darwinism.

Base your answer to the question on the speakers’ statements below as well as your knowledge of social studies.

Which two speakers represent the beliefs of many reformers during the Progressive Era

• A and B

• A and C

• B and C

• B and D