Industrialization in the United States

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When did the United States enter a period of rapid industrial growth?

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After the Civil War.

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The expansion of Industrialism in the United States led to an increase in: Construction materials, Immigrants to complete the work, Modes of Transportation.

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All answers are correct.

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The biggest oil company in the US during the period 1865-1900 was created by

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John D. Rockefeller

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The man responsible for founding the biggest steel corporation in the US during the period 1865-1900 was

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Andrew Carnegie

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What innovation made manufacturing more efficient? Options: Electricity, Railroad, Telephone, Oil refining

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Electricity

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What was an important effect of the invention of the light bulb?

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Factories could extend working hours

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What statement about tenements was true during the Gilded Age?

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Many immigrants lived in crowded tenements

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What was one way workers tried to get better working conditions?

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By joining labor unions

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What was one positive of wealthy industrialists?

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Philanthropic donations to charity

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The Dawes Severalty Act dealt with which group in America?

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Native Americans