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Gilded Age

Authored by Tara Cherizard

History

9th - 12th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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Which of the following is a characteristic of the Gilded Age?

people began moving to rural areas to farm acres of cotton and grain

the political process was opened up to citizens of different ethnicities and social class

America expanded westward to accomplish its goal of Manifest Destiny

the government passed favorable laws to help the growth of big business

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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The Gilded Age is infamous for

paying workers high salaries

promoting women and African Americans to positions of leadership

businessmen bribing government officials

the rapid advancements in the field of science

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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Who is responsible for the invention on the light bulb?

Thomas Edison

Theodore Roosevelt

Thomas Jefferson

Alexis de Tocqueville

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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The invention of the light bulb is significant because

people were able to stay up later at night to read books

heat produced from the light bulb was able to heat houses and businesses

it enabled factory workers to work longer hours resulting in greater production of goods

it marked the first great scientific discovery of an American

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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In the late 1800s many territories in the western part of America became states.  This fact can most likely be attributed to the

influx of immigrants that came to America settled in the western territories

the transcontinental railroad allowed people to quickly move west

the Panama Canal allowed ships to efficiently reach the west coast of America

the Native Americans were relocated to reservations so now American citizens could move onto their former land

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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One of the benefits of the transcontinental railroad was that

farmers were able to sell their goods to distant markets

the business relationship between Mexico and America improved

the cost of traveling across the country increased by fifty percent

businessmen were able to ship goods across the Atlantic Ocean to Europe for cheaper prices

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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The Homestead Act offered settlers

cattle, cotton seeds, and a mule to anyone that settled in Texas

government bonds of up to $2,000 if they would settle the Great Salt Lake area

  two Conestoga wagons and a team of oxen to settle in the West

160 acres of land if they would live on and improve the land 

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