Chapter 1 SS Test

Which word means "before the war"?

• industrialization

• gilded age

• antebellum

• isolated

Which word means that you move to a NEW country and STAY?

• immigrate

• strike

• migrate

• labor union

Which entrepreneur created the moving assembly line?

• John Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• Henry Ford

What is an economic boom?

• a country is at war

• a country's economy is bad

• a country's economy is good

• a country has a celebration

Which of these is made from dirt, grass, and roots?

• surplus

• sod

• strike

• carpetbags

True or False: One reason Labor Unions were formed is because workers were being paid too much.

• TRUE

• FALSE

How old did a person have to be to get the free land in the Homesteaders Act?

• 18

• 21

• 25

• 30

Why did workers form and join labor unions?

• laborers were interested in working in industries

• women workers were paid less than men

• booming buisness had made some people rich

• working conditions were so poor that workers demanded a change

The Buffalo Soldiers were

• Mormons

• Irish Immigrants

• Native Americans

• African Americans

By ____, many people were used to seeing electric streetcars, lights, and telephones.

• 1700

• 1800

• 1900