Review 1

Which of the following contributed to the growth of the US during the Gilded Age?

• The steel Industry

• The Homestead Act

• Both

The Homestead Act gave individuals free land that was

• In the West

• Already being farmed

• Anywhere in US

Under the Homestead Act, in order to receive free land, individuals needed to

• Promise to sell land for farmer

• Give the land back to the Government

• Farm the land for certain-period of time

During the Gilded Age, the typical immigrant to the East Coast of the US

• Came from Southeastern Europe

• Came from Northeastern Europe

• Came from China

During the Gilded Age, the typical immigrant to the US West

• Came from northeastern

• Came from southeastern

• Came From China

Which of the following made conditions better in the US during the Gilded Age

• Treatment Housing

• The Brooklyn Bridge

• Significant increase in worker right

In what state did two tracks come together, creating a transcontinental railroad

• Utah

• Colorado

• Kansas

The Industrialization process in the US created

• Significant inequalities of wealth

• Solutions to certain problems such as traffic congestion

• Both

Tenements were

• Housing for the lowest classes in which conditions were very poor

• apartments for any class

• apartments for the middle class

The first group to be targeted by a Congressional Act was immigrants from

• Ireland

• China

• Italy