Innovations of the Gilded Age

What major project connected the East and West coasts during the Gilded Age?

• Barbed wire
• Electric lighting
• Oil extraction
• Transcontinental Railroad

What was the purpose of the transcontinental railroad?

• To connect the East and West coast of the United States
• To enclose land and protect livestock
• To transport cattle to eastern markets
• To produce light by heating a filament inside a glass bulb

______ is the transformation of an economy based on agriculture to one focused on manufacturing and industry.

What resource became a vital source of fuel for machinery, transportation, and lighting during the Gilded Age?

• Barbed wire
• Electric lighting
• Gas lamps
• Oil

What was the purpose of barb wire during the Gilded Age?

• To connect the East and West coast of the United States
• To transport cattle to eastern markets
• To enclose land and protect livestock
• To produce light by heating a filament inside a glass bulb

What was the period of rapid growth in the cattle industry called during the Gilded Age?

• Cattle Boom
• Meat Frenzy
• Livestock Surge
• Beef Rush

Who pioneered the use of the Bessemer process in steel production?

• Barb wire
• Thomas Edison
• John Rockefeller
• Andrew Carnegie

What challenges arose from the rapid urbanization during the Gilded Age?

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What is the transformation of an economy based on agriculture to one focused on manufacturing and industry called?

• Industrialization
• Modernization
• Globalization
• Agriculturalization

Which invention revolutionized the way people lived and worked during the Gilded Age?

• Barbed wire
• Transcontinental Railroad
• Gas lamps
• Electric lighting