Westward Expansion/Gilded Age

When was the Gilded Age?

• 1828-1836

• 1932-1945

• 1787-1812

• 1877-1901

Who were becoming wealthy during the Gilded Age?

• Everyone

• Hourly workers

• Business owners

• Unskilled workers

What happened to Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn?

• He killed all of the Lakota tribe

• He and his soldiers were killed by Native Americans

• He made a peace treaty with the Sioux tribe

• He surrendered to the Native American warriors

The __________ railroad spread from the East to the West in the U.S.

• Transcontinental

• Southern

• Transnationalism

• Pacific

Which of the following regions did the Homestead Act influence the most?

• East Coast

• Hawaiian Islands

• Midwest/Great Plains

• Texas

What was the purpose of passing the Dawes Act of 1887?

• warn colonists that British soldiers were coming to destroy weapon stockpiles at Lexington and Concord

• to help assimilate Native Americans into society

• to help transition African-Americans from slaves into citizens

• to grant women the right to vote

Sped up the production of steel

• Bessemer Process

• Atkins Reaper

• Barbed Wire

• The Transcontinental Railroad

During the Gilded Age, more people were moving to the ___________ than ever before.

• cities

• farms

What invention ended the way of life for cowboys and Plains Indians?

• Mechanical reaper

• Bessemer process

• Airplane

• Barbed wire

Who invented the light bulb?

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

• Theresa Brady

• Elias Howe