Gilded Age Practice

During the Gilded Age there was a notable increase in federal support for

• a growth of big business

• involvement in foreign wars

• increased temperance regulations

During the 19th century, one way political bosses gained voter support was by

• campaigning for women's suffrage

• advocating the use of poll taxes

• making improvements in urban infrastructure

• providing public assistance for former slaves

Which benefit resulted from the introduction of the Bessemer Steel Process?

• Mechanical reapers to replace horse drawn reapers

• Stronger and Cheaper material for railroads and bridges

• Transistors for radios

• Electric lightbulb

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.

• Diesel engines were used in the production of airplanes.

• Light bulbs made it efficient for factory workers to work at night.

• Sonar technology was used to track submarines

The primary objective of the Dawes Act was to

• promote cultural assimilation of American Indians

• turn American Indian reservations into corporate farmland

• end warfare between American Indians and the U.S. military

• promote American Indian investment in private industry

How did the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad contribute to the settlement of the West?

• By establishing military forts along the routes

• By giving funds to local leaders to build schools

• By raising money to build factories along the routes.

• By providing people with access to essential goods.

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

• By raising the 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 title would best fit the list of characteristics below?

• Ways settlers adapted to conditions on the Great Plains

• Ways Migrant workers lived in the Southwest

• How Sharecroppers lived in the Deep South

• How miners took advantage of gold rush opportunities

Which word best explains the changes shown in these photographs?

• immigration

• assimilation

• nullification

• nativism

Which of the following was the main reason for the rapid settlement of the Great Plains during the late 1800s?

• Congress passed a law requiring all public lands to be sold at auction.

• Congress passed a law allowing people to claim public land and convert it to private property through homesteading

• Speculators bought large parcels of land and then built factory towns to attract new immigrants

• Native Americans sold most of their tribal lands directly to railroad companies.