Unit #2 Review (The Gilded Age)

Match the following

• Laissez-faire

• contributed to the rapid growth of towns in the west

• Homestead Act

• allowed for a longer work day

• Bessemer Process

• allowed settlers to claim 160 acres of land out west

• Transcontinental Railroad

• allowed monopolies to dominate the U.S economy

• Electric Lamp (lightbulb)

• contributed to the growth of the steel industry

1.) The abundant amount of unclaimed resources in ​ (a)   led to the Klondike Gold Rush.

2.) Industrialization created low skill jobs, which resulted in​ (b)   taking place due to people moving from rural to urban areas.

• Alaska
• urbanization
• Laissez-faire
• Tenement

Which of the following served as pull factors for people immigrating into the U.S.? (choose all that apply)

• Job Opportunities

• Personal Freedoms

• Social Equality

• Economic hardships

1.) ​ (a)   provided job opportunities to many Irish & Chinese immigrants

2.) ​ (b)   created a rush to claim land in western territories

3.) ​ (c)   caused an increase in Irish immigrants to the U.S., resulting in more Catholic churches being constructed.

4.) The ​ (d)   divided reservation land into individual plots in an attempt to assimilate Native American Indians.

• Transcontinental Railroad
• Homestead Act
• Famine
• Dawes Act
• Monopoly

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Pros of Industrialization

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(b) Cons of Industrialization

• Pollution

• Poor Working Conditions

• created jobs for immigrants

• Growth of cities

• Growth of U.S. Economy

• Lack of Education

• Overcrowding of Cities

• Technological Innovations

• Child Labor

Which innovation allowed skyscrapers to form and cities to grow upwards?

• Lightbulb

• Steel Plow

• Bessemer Process

• Dawes Act

Match the following Entrepreneurs with the industry they were most associated with

• Andrew Carnegie

• Steel Monopoly

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• Railroad Monopoly

• J.P. Morgan

• Oil Monopoly

• John D. Rockefeller

• Banking Monopoly

Which corrupt organization provided services to immigrants & the urban poor in exchange for votes to maintain political power and wealth?

• Political Machines

• Robber Barons

• Captains of Industry

• Muckrakers

Which innovation created fast & efficient transportation between the East & West coast?

• The Green Mile

• The Great Divide

• The Transcontinental Railroad

• The Siberian Train

Which of the following were contributing factors to increased urbanization in the late 1800's? (choose all that apply)

• Political Machines

• Rise of Labor Unions

• Industrialization

• Mass Immigration