Checkpoint Assessment: Building Modern America

The rise of entrepreneurship during the Gilded Age MOST affected the overall economy

• Highly wealthy individuals

• Lowered prices on goods

• Allowing the formation of large companies

• New Transportation technology

Andrew Carnegie can be described as a Captain of Industry. How did he contribute to life in the United States?

• Promoted spiritual and moral values in public schools

• Supported conservative ideas in policy

• Established philanthropic organizations

• Created charitable foundations to end hunger

Laissez Fare economics was the height of the Gilded Age, how can we characterize this approach to economics in the United States?

• A hands off approach to business by government

• US military involvement in European conflict

• Reduced Political corruption

• Civil rights and activism

What was the main reason for the US government implementing the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)

• Preventing losing natural resources

• Discouraging Anti American activism

• Did not want Chinese competition for American jobs

• Lack of urban housing

The Transcontinental railroad contributed to the rapid settlement of which area of the country?

• West

• East

• North

• South

Explain the connection between industrialization and urbanization.

Explain the connection between the Transcontinental Railroad and Westward Expansion.