Chapter 14 Review

What innovation made manufacturing more efficient?

• Electricity

• Railroad

• Telephone

• Oil refining

What innovation contributed to the rapid industrialization (growth of factories) of the United States?

• Railroads

• Telephone

• Dry farming

• Sewing machine

Which idea summarizes the Gilded Age?

• Many Americans moved west to farm

• Native Americans were placed on Reservations

• The discovery of Gold increased western migration

• Industrialists used their wealth to influence politics

What was an important effect of the invention of the light bulb?

• Machines were able to be more efficient

• Products were created on the assembly line

• Factories could extend working hours

• Businesses hired more skilled workers

What factor most led to the growth of the steel industry?

• Laissez faire economics

• New production techniques

• Labor unions

• The need for a new building material

What was one way workers tried to get better working conditions?

• By homesteading on the Great Plains

• By joining labor unions

• By working for Political bosses

• Through better education

The Gilded Age describes which time period of American history?

• 1870-1900

• 1500-1600

• 1861-1865

• 1900-1970

Which of the following was NOT an important invention of the Gilded Age?

• telephone

• Internet

• electricity

• automobile

Tammany Hall is an example of a political club led by, _________________

• Abraham Lincoln

• John D. Rockefeller

• Alexander Graham Bell

• William Tweed

Workers began to speak out for their rights and some joined ______________.

• Labor Unions

• Philanthropic Organizations

• Farming Unions

• Political Clubs