The Industrialization and the Gilded Age Review

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1.Which describes a change in the population that helped industrialize the U.S. in the late 1800s?

2.Which inventions helped industrialize America in the late 1800s? Select the two correct answers.

3.What did the Interstate Commerce Act and the Sherman Anti-Trust Act have in common?

4.Which of the following is an accomplishment of J.P. Morgan? Select the two correct answers.

5.What was a common role of working children in urban centers during the period of industrialization?

6.What was a conflict between ranchers and cowboys that often led to violence?

7.Why was the steel-faced plow an important invention?

8.What was a consequence of the Wounded Knee Massacre?

9.Which of the following did most Chinese immigrants in the late 1800s come to America to accomplish?

10.What made life difficult for Hispanics in the American Southwest in the late 1800s?

11.How was daily life on the farm different from city life in the late 1800s?

12.What key aspect of city living did Jacob Riis’s book, How the Other Half Lives, highlight?

13.What was significant about Kate Chopin’s works?

14.Photographers, novelists, and other artists who depicted working-class city life, leisure, and entertainment were demonstrating what concept?

15.The 1880s marked a change in the populations immigrating to the United States. What describes immigrants who moved to the U.S. after 1880?

16.What impact did the Compromise of 1877 have on the development of Jim Crow laws?

17.In this Thomas Nast cartoon depicting U.S. senators as trains, what does he suggest about the relationship between railroad companies and the U.S. Senate?

18.In a spoils system, which factors would most influence who is awarded government jobs? Select the two correct answers.

19.Use the drop-down menus to complete the sentences.

During the late 1800s, mechanized farming led to

crop production. As a result, crop prices unexpectedly

due to overproduction.

20.Which factors contributed to the rise of populism in the late 1800s? Select the two correct answers.

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1. The increase in population from immigration and rural-to-urban migration helped industrialize the U.S. in the late 1800s.

2. The inventions that helped industrialize America in the late 1800s were the telephone and the light bulb.

3. The Interstate Commerce Act and the Sherman Anti-Trust Act both aimed to regulate business practices in order to promote fair competition and prevent monopolies.

4. Two accomplishments of J.P. Morgan were organizing the consolidation of the railroad industry and creating the United States Steel Corporation.

5. A common role of working children in urban centers during the period of industrialization was working in factories or mines, often in dangerous conditions and for long hours.

6. The conflict between ranchers and cowboys that often led to violence was the result of disputes over grazing rights and control of land.

7. The steel-faced plow was an important invention because it allowed for more efficient and effective tilling of the soil, leading to increased agricultural productivity.

8. A consequence of the Wounded Knee Massacre was the further marginalization and suppression of Native American tribes, as well as the end of armed resistance by Native Americans in the West.

9. Most Chinese immigrants in the late 1800s came to America to work as laborers, particularly in industries such as mining and railroad construction.

10. Life was made difficult for Hispanics in the American Southwest in the late 1800s due to discrimination and segregation, as well as violence and land dispossession by Anglo-American settlers.

11. Daily life on the farm in the late 1800s was centered around agricultural work and self-sufficiency, while city life was characterized by industrial labor, urbanization, and the availability of modern amenities.

12. Jacob Riis's book, How the Other Half Lives, highlighted the harsh living conditions, poverty, and overcrowding experienced by the urban poor.

13. Kate Chopin's works were significant for their exploration of themes related to women's roles and desires in a male-dominated society, particularly in her seminal work, The Awakening.

14. Photographers, novelists, and other artists who depicted working-class city life, leisure, and entertainment were demonstrating the concept of realism, capturing the realities of everyday life during that time period.

15. Immigrants who moved to the U.S. after 1880 were primarily from Southern and Eastern Europe, including countries such as Italy, Russia, and Poland, as opposed to earlier waves of immigrants from Western and Northern Europe.

16. The Compromise of 1877, which resolved the disputed presidential election of 1876, effectively ended Reconstruction and led to the withdrawal of federal troops from the South. This allowed for the development and implementation of Jim Crow laws, which enforced racial segregation and discrimination.

17. In the Thomas Nast cartoon depicting U.S. senators as trains, Nast suggests a corrupt and close relationship between railroad companies and the U.S. Senate, implying that the senators were beholden to the interests of the railroad industry.

18. In a spoils system, factors such as political loyalty and support for the political party in power would most influence who is awarded government jobs.

19. During the late 1800s, mechanized farming led to increased crop production. As a result, crop prices unexpectedly dropped due to overproduction.

20. Factors that contributed to the rise of populism in the late 1800s were economic hardships faced by farmers, such as falling crop prices and high debt, as well as their desire for political and economic reforms that would address their concerns.

THE ANSWERS

1.Many people moved from rural areas to urban centers.
2.the telephone , electric lighting
3.Both were regulations of industry at the federal level.
4.improving investment banking practices , helping create the company General Electric
5.They would go into small spaces of the machines in factories that adults could not reach.
6.whether the land should be fenced
7.The plow was affordable and was better suited to the grasslands of the Midwest.
8.Violent Native American resistance to the U.S. government largely came to an end.
9.become wealthy by finding gold and then return home to their families in China
10.They were often pushed into low-paying jobs with poor working conditions.
11.Farming communities had little to no electricity, while cities increasingly depended on it.
12.tenement housing conditions
13.She portrayed the struggles of American women.
14.realism
15.arrived from southern, central, and eastern Europe
16.After the Compromise, northern troops were removed from the South, which left African Americans with no legal protections.
17.The Senate is controlled by the railroad companies.
18.the friendship of a winning candidate , political support for a winning candidate
19.increasing , fell
20.Farmers' organizations became involved in politics and began to compete in elections.