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WorksheetsIndustrialization & the Gilded Age I
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
T/F: Natural resources, like coal, fossil fuels, & timber, play a significant role in the strength of the American industrial economy.
True
False
Which region of the country specialized in manufacturing & exporting of goods to international markets?
Northeast
Southeast
Midwest
West Coast
Which reason BEST describes why the West specialized in mining?
Appalachian Mountains
Rocky Mountains
Mississippi River
Rio Grande River
With increased production of consumer goods, which industry began to expand during the Industrial Age in order to compete with producers in the same market?
Mining
Shipping
Advertising
Electric
Which statement is BEST supported by the map?
Florida became an industrial state thanks to the railroads.
The Carolinas used coal deposits to increase their states' wealth.
Chicago became an important trading city due to its connections to markets.
The Mississippi & Ohio Rivers carried most of the coal deposits to & from international markets.
Which conclusion can be drawn from the map about the post-Civil War Southern economy?
Carpetbaggers began investing in manufacturing in major cities destroy during the Civil War.
Carpetbaggers began investing in agriculture to supply Southern markets with coal and petroleum.
There was no significant change to the Southern economy after the Civil War.
The South had more miles of railroad than the North, given the South an economic advantage in trade.
MMC: Choose TWO push factors that encouraged immigration to the US between 1870 & 1910.
famine
land ownership
economic opportunity
religious genocide
MMC: Choose TWO pull factors that encouraged immigration to the US between 1870 & 1910.
famine
land ownership
economic opportunity
genocide
T/F: "Not only did immigrants fulfill the demand for labor in factories, but also became the consumers of the manufactured goods they were helping produce."
True
False
How did the shortage of jobs impact immigrant workers during the Gilded Age?
Many immigrants were forced into slavery.
Immigrants were willing to be paid low wages.
Immigrants held strikes and walkouts over high wages.
Immigrants were unable to find employment in factories.
