Civil War and Its Aftermath Quiz

What factors influenced the growth of industry in Tennessee after the Civil war? (choose 4)

• construction of railroads

• computers

• Industrialization

• availability of coal

• Mechanization

The change from manual production of goods to the use of automation and mechanical methods of production is called

• Industrialization

• Urbanization

• Investing

• Potential

In Tennessee mechanization _____________ improve agricultural efficiency.

• Did

• Does

• Will

• Can

The science of farming and growing crops is

• mechanization

• agriculture

• urbanization

• industrialization

How did the settlement of the Great Plains affect American Indian groups?

• The Indian groups welcomed the new settlers and continued life without disturbance.

• The Indians were forced to stay on reservations after many conflicts with settlers.

• Indian groups were given land in the east

• Indian groups became buffalo soldiers

What did the government use to encourage movement to the Great Plains? (choose 2)

• Gold

• Work in factories

• Homestead Act

• Protection of Buffalo Soldiers

Which phrases best describe the physical characteristics of the Great Plains? (choose 3)

• Plentiful forests

• Tough dry soil

• Abundance of water

• Treeless grasslands

• Limited water

A house and the surrounding land owned by a family is a

• Prairie

• Homestead

• Reservation

• Great plains

How were individual companies able to become so powerful in the Gilded Age?

• Labor unions

• Arbitration made many leaders wealthy

• Monopolies and trusts gave leaders power over companies

• Progressive movement

Which industry did Cornelius Vanderbilt make a monopoly in?

• Steel

• Bank

• Oil

• Railroads

• Peanuts