Unit 5 Chapter 1

What statue is seen as a symbol of freedom and opportunity?

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CCSS.RI.2.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RL.2.7

CCSS.RL.3.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

Which picture shows the completion of the transcontinental railroad?

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One​ (a)   effect of building the railroad system was that it connect the East and West coasts of America.

• positive
• negative

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

One ​ (a)   effect of building the railroad system was that it caused damage to the environment.

• negative
• positive 

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

The Rocky Mountains most likely created a challenge for builders of the ______.

• gold rush

• Yellowstone National Park

• railroad system

• steamboat

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

Thomas Edison was known for creating what invention?

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CCSS.RI.2.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RL.2.7

CCSS.RL.3.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

Why were factories like this one important during the Second Industrial Revolution? 

• They produced textiles used for clothing.

• They produced oil used for heating homes.

• They made steel used for buildings and railroads.

• They made lumber used for making ships and schools.

What hope did Emma Lazarus’s poem ”The New Colossus” express for new arrivals to the United States?

• that immigrants would be welcomed and make a positive impact

• that immigrants would encourage people to stay in Europe

• that immigrants would help the United States industrialize

• that immigrants would be able to find work in the countryside

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

Workers formed workers' _____ to improve their pay and insure factories would become safer work environments.

• trade

• compensation

• rights

• unions

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

Monopolies hurt consumers by _____.

• offering few services

• setting prices too high

• holding strikes and boycotts

• replacing small workshops

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2