The Gilded Age (Industrialization) 1-3

Which of the following best characterizes the Gilded Age?

• The discovery of goldfields in the West that led to an increase in the amount of money issued for circulation.

• Industrialist used their own connections with corrupt government officials for material gain and political power.

• In the Deep South a sharp increase in immigration brought a boom in construction and industry.

• Small, family-owed farms were bought and consolidated to form large agricultural corporations.

This cover from a nineteenth-century periodical helps illustrate that the United States was beginning to change from...

• a mostly rural society to a mostly urban one

• a slave-owning society to one without slavery

• a foreign policy of isolationism to one of interventionism

• a direct democracy to a representative one

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 development made in possible to construct this type of building?

• The invention of a new process for manufacturing steel

• The government's focus on educating engineers

• The manufacturing of glass that blocks ultraviolent sun rays

• The importation of stronger kinds of wood

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

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

• Diesel engines were used in the production of airplanes

• Sonar technology was used to track submarines.

What were two positive effects the new inventions during the Gilded Age hand on the United States? Explain your answer.