Industrialization & the Gilded Age - U.S. History EOC Review

Which application of a new technology can be 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 the production of airplanes.

• Sonar technology was used to track submarines.

Which result completes this diagram?

• Ratification of suffrage amendment.

• Building of the transcontinental railroad.

• Passage of prohibition legislation

• Expansion of labor Unions

Answer explanation

Labor Unions began because of the poor conditions in the factories.

How have these shifts affected the physical environment?

• Water shortages occurred as more people moved to rural areas.

• Air pollution levels increased as the government decreased regulations.

• Cropland eroded as farmers used outdated agricultural techniques.

• Cities grew in size as previously used farmland was absorbed into urban areas.

Which demographic change in the United States is most associated with this transformation?

• Increased property values in rural areas

• Increased life expectancy in urban areas.

• Increased birth rates in rural areas

• Increased migration to urban areas.

Answer explanation

As cities grew so did factories and many people began to migrate to the cities to work in those factories.

Which factor prompted the Americanization movement of the early twentieth century?

• The increasing numbers of immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe.

• The strengthening of Jim Crow laws in the southern United States.

• The rising tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union.

• The growing concern about environmental issues in the western United States.

Answer explanation

As more immigrants came to America people in America felt it was important that those that came "Americanize" themselves to the country and behave as "Americans" do.

What was the main reason given for the creation of these restrictions?

• Preventing the depletion of natural resources.

• Discouraging anti-American activism.

• Reducing competition for U.S. jobs.

• Addressing a lack of urban housing.

Answer explanation

The Chinese were banned from entering the United States for 10 years because many felt that they were taking away jobs from Americans.

The process describe above led to-

• peaceful resolution of territorial disputes with American Indians

• the establishment of agricultural communities on the American Frontier.

• federal regulation of agriculture.

• a decline in immigration to urban areas.

Answer explanation

In the Homestead Act the government would give you land so that you could settle there and develop that land for farming and cattle purposes.

Which word best explains the changes shown in these photographs?

• Immigration

• Assimilation

• Nullification

• Nativism

Answer explanation

The American gov't wanted Native Americans to look more "American". So they often had them change the way they dressed so that they looked more "American"

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

• By raising 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.

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 connections 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.