2022 10th US History 1st Semester Exam

Why was it called the "Gilded Age"?

• America had many organizations for immigrants to join.

• America looked bright and shiny from the outside, but had problems, like corruption.

• It was beginning to build many large cities, with skyscrapers.

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

______ invented the ______, a car that was created on the assembly line and inexpensive enough for regular Americans to buy.

• Alexander Graham Bell, Rolls Royce

• Henry Ford, Model T

• Thomas Edison, Tesla

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

The Progressive ERa is defined as a historical era because the time period is characterized by the ~

• shrinking of the Us.S. industrial economy

• growing support for overseas expansion

• shifting attitudes about civil rights for minorities

• changing ideas about the functions of U.S. government

Which of the following was one effect of the Progressive Era political reforms of initiative, referendum, and recall

• Judicial authority expanding to included administering local elections

• Government officials responding to the needs of voters more readily

• Women and minorities increasing participation in political process

• Political machines gaining greater influence in local elections and politics