Industry in NC/Gilded Age

When was the Gilded Age?

• 1870-1900
• 1820-1860
• 1900-1920
• 1865-1877

A goal of the Progressive movement from 1890 to 1920 was to

• promote free enterprise and capitalism.

• address the problems caused by industrialization.

• promote settlement of land west of the Mississippi River.

• encourage immigration from southern and eastern Europe.

From which continent did 90% percent of immigrants to America in the late 1800s originate?

• Europe
• Asia
• South America
• Africa

What was the time period called that suggested that the U.S. appeared to be fine, but beneath the surface there was corruption and serious problems?

• Reconstruction
• Gilded Age
• Progressive Era
• Era of Good Feelings

True or False
Urbanization, the shift from workers leaving farms to work in urban factories, resulted in 40% of the US population living in urban areas by 1900, up from 7% in 1820.

• True
• False

Expansion of this type of transportation helped open up markets in the western United States in the late 1800s.

• Steam ships

• Railroads

• Automobiles

• Horse drawn carriages

Which city in North Carolina's piedmont is the center of the furniture industry today?

• Greensboro
• Mebane
• High Point
• Winston-Salem

Which two cities were most closely associated with the tobacco industry in North Carolina in the late 1800s?

• Raleigh and Charlotte
• Durham and Greensboro
• Durham and Winston
• Winston and High Point

Which was not one of the major industries that developed in North Carolina in the years following Reconstruction?

• Gold mining
• Textiles
• Furniture
• Tobacco

What man-made structure was completed in Promontory, Utah in 1869 that connected the eastern and western United States?

• Erie Canal
• Highway 66
• Oregon Trail
• Transcontinental Railroad