Post-Civil War Challenges and Developments

Which of the following statements BEST summarizes the state of our country AFTER the Civil War?

• After the Civil War, the South increased its industrial economy.

• After the Civil War, the demand for agricultural products decreased.

• After the Civil War, the South continued to rely on cotton as its only source of income.

• After the Civil War, the climate was no longer ideal for growing cash crops such as cotton and tobacco.

Which statement best explains the greatest problem that the South faced following the Civil War?

• Most Southerners still refused to release their slaves.

• The South was devastated, and the people struggled to deal with the destruction of lives and property.

• Most Northerner congressmen and senators did not want the South back into the Union.

• Most people who lived in the South wanted to move to the North, but they did not have the money to do so.

Many settlers headed for the Great Plains after the Civil War because of its

• warm winters and cool summers.

• flat land that received frequent rain.

• natural resources that would help build industries.

• free homesteads to those who would farm the land.

Which of the following were challenges many homesteaders faced on the Great Plains?

• Rocky hills and many trees to clear for farming

• All the best land was owned by wealthy industrialists

• Overcrowded with too many settlers and large cities

• Limited water resources, tough soil, and harsh weather

Who were the Buffalo Soldiers?

• European American settlers in the American West

• A group of Native American warriors on the Great Plains

• African American soldiers who served on the western frontier after the Civil War

• A famous group of union members who went on strike against the steel industry

Which group on the Great Plains would most likely agree with the statement about the land's value?

• settlers

• immigrants

• Buffalo Soldiers

• American Indians

Which chart correctly matches the people of the Gilded Age and their contributions?

• George Washington Carver - Inventor, Thomas Edison - Industrial capitalist, John D. Rockefeller - Industrial capitalist

• Andrew Carnegie - Industrial capitalist, J.P. Morgan - Inventor, John D. Rockefeller - Industrial capitalist

• Andrew Carnegie - Industrial capitalist, John D. Rockefeller - Industrial capitalist, Henry Ford - Inventor

• Andrew Carnegie - Industrial capitalist, Thomas Edison - Inventor, John D. Rockefeller - Industrial capitalist

Who is being described in the box?

• Henry T. Ford

• John D. Rockefeller

• Thomas Edison

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

The cartoon image above is describing

• the new political power of the working class.

• the economic disparity during the Gilded Age.

• the power of the factory system to increase wages.

• the contributions of new inventions during the Gilded Age.

How did Alexander Graham Bell’s invention impact life in America?

• It decreased the working day length.

• It increased migration to rural areas out West.

• It raised the cost to produce goods in the South.

• It increased communication throughout the world.