Gilded Age Review for TEST

The transcontinental railroad was mostly built by:

• Chinese and Irish immigrants because they worked for low wages.

• Americans who moved west from large cities in the east.

• Indians

The process of blending American Indians into the rest of American culture was called:

• expansionism

• gilding

• mechanization

• assimilation

This invention created steel, which was used to build railroads and skyscrapers:

• the telegraph

• the Bessemer Process

• the Model T

• The light bulb

The Dawes Act was about:

• ending the "spoils system" with tests for the civil service

• Making monopolies illegal

• assimilation of the American Indians

The growth of cities is called:

• assimilation

• ruralization

• mechanization

• urbanization

Workers stick together to fight for better pay and working conditions. This is known as a:

• trust

• union

• monopoly

• industry

During the Gilded Age, immigrants often lived in parts of cities that were:

• crowded, run down, and filthy

• beautiful and new

• spacious

• the most expensive

Which word correctly describes Tammany Hall?

• Corrupt

• Clean

• Effecient

• Fair

New agricultural inventions and the Homestead Act

• Gold Rush

• Slavery expanding into the western territory

• Growth of manual labor on farms

• The Great Plains developing

Which population was growing during this time?

• Urban

• Rural

• Eastern

• Farmland