The Gilded Age - Unit 6 Test - Tyson Carthel | Biblioteka

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Explain the relationship between the development of factories and the growth of urbanization.

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Which benefit resulted from the introduction of the Bessemer steel process?

Mechanical reapers to replace horse-drawn reapers

Stronger and cheaper material for railroads and bridges

Electric lightbulb

Transistors for radios

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Nineteenth-century nativist organizations advocated —

limiting federal military power through the organization of local militias

globalizing the economy through participation in free-trade agreements

promoting an ethnically homogeneous society through restrictions on immigration

conserving natural resources through the creation of national parks

In 1895 the Department of Street Cleaning in New York City created a permanent group of sanitation workers known as the White Wings. This image shows the White Wings at work in 1896.

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Which issue contributed most to the need for this permanent sanitation group?

The establishment of immigration quotas

Increased urban population

Decreased regulation of urban rail systems

The passage of labor laws

Escape from religious persecution
Hope for freedom and equality
Hope for better economic conditions
Escape from political turmoil and war

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A high school teacher wrote these bullet points on the whiteboard. What was the most likely topic of discussion?

Goals of U.S. assimilation policies

Objectives of the Grange movement

Principles of social Darwinism

Reasons for immigration to the United States

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Why were people like those shown in this image hopeful about their future?

American cities had large and comfortable tenement apartment buildings.

The U.S. social security system provided financial and medical benefits.

There were many jobs and business opportunities in America.

Nativism and Social Darwinism were expanding in American cities.

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How did Andrew Carnegie contribute to civic and social life in the United States?

By creating a charitable foundation to end hunger

By supporting conservative ideals in federal legislation and foreign policy

By promoting spiritual and moral values in public schools

By establishing philanthropic organizations dedicated to education and the arts

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This cover from a nineteenth-century periodical helps illustrate that the United States was beginning to change from —

a mostly rural society to a mostly urban one

a slave-owning society to one without slavery

a foreign policy of isolationism to one of interventionism

a direct democracy to a representative one

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The cartoon reads, "They would close to the newcomer the bridge that carried them and their fathers over."

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Read the excerpt and answer the question that follows.

Other industrialists, including John D. Rockefeller, merged the operations of many large companies to form a trust. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Trust came to monopolize 90% of the industry. . . .

—“The Industrial Revolution in the United States,” Library of Congress, www.loc.gov (accessed August 25, 2017)

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What was one DIRECT effect of the business practice discussed in this excerpt?

There was a lack of employment opportunities for immigrants.

Consumers were denied access to goods.

There was decreased competition among producers.

Employees were prevented from buying stock.

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Select two portions of text below that best describe how political machines justified corruption.

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Match the description with the proper title.

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Select the correct "hot spot" on the map that shows Angel Island, the point of entry for Chinese immigrants coming to the United States.

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Provide two causes of immigration to the United States in the late nineteenth century. In your response, include one push factor and one pull factor that contributed to this shift.

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Select the two portions of the quote below by Andrew Carnegie that best explains why he funded philanthropic projects such as the building of libraries and parks.

A homesteader had only to be the head of a household or at least 21 years of age to claim a 160-acre parcel of land. Settlers from all walks of life including newly arrived immigrants, farmers without land of their own from the East, single women and former slaves came to meet the challenge of “proving up” and keeping this “free land.” Each homesteader had to live on the land, build a home, make improvements and farm for 5 years before they were eligible to “prove up.” A total filing fee of $18 was the only money required. . . .

—National Park Service, www.nps.gov (accessed November 14, 2013)

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The process described in the excerpt led to —

peaceful resolution of territorial disputes with American Indians

federal regulation of agriculture

a decline in immigration to urban areas

the establishment of agricultural communities on the American frontier

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Chinese Exclusion Act

assimilation

Homestead Act

Great Plains

jobs

Dawes Act

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Which development made it possible to construct this type of building?

The manufacturing of glass that blocks ultraviolet sun rays

The government’s focus on educating engineers

The invention of a new process for manufacturing steel

The importation of stronger kinds of wood

These photographs show a group of Chiricahua Apache students on their first day of school at the Carlisle Indian School and the same students four months later, 1886–1887.

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These photographs provide evidence that one goal of the Carlisle Indian School was to —

restore U.S. citizenship to American Indians

protect American Indians from nativist policies

assimilate American Indians into U.S. culture

encourage the study of American Indian religious practices

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📷Use the map and identify the "hot spot" that shows the location of Promontory Point, where the Transcontinental Railroad was completed.
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___________?__________

Built sod houses
Used steel plows
Developed dry farming techniques

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What is the best title for this list?

Ways Settlers Adapted to Conditions on the Great Plains

How Miners Took Advantage of Gold Rush Opportunities

How Sharecroppers Lived in the Deep South

Ways Migrant Workers Lived in the Southwest

	Nativists	Entrepreneurs	Party Bosses
Corrupt Politicians
Anti-Immigrant
Created Businesses

	Nativists	Entrepreneurs	Party Bosses
Corrupt Politicians
Anti-Immigrant
Created Businesses

The Gilded Age - Unit 6 Test

The Gilded Age - Unit 6 Test

Explain the relationship between the development of factories and the growth of urbanization.

Which benefit resulted from the introduction of the Bessemer steel process?

Nineteenth-century nativist organizations advocated —

Which issue contributed most to the need for this permanent sanitation group?

A high school teacher wrote these bullet points on the whiteboard. What was the most likely topic of discussion?

Why were people like those shown in this image hopeful about their future?

How did Andrew Carnegie contribute to civic and social life in the United States?

This cover from a nineteenth-century periodical helps illustrate that the United States was beginning to change from —

What was one DIRECT effect of the business practice discussed in this excerpt?

Select two portions of text below that best describe how political machines justified corruption.

Match the description with the proper title.

Select the correct "hot spot" on the map that shows Angel Island, the point of entry for Chinese immigrants coming to the United States.

Provide two causes of immigration to the United States in the late nineteenth century. In your response, include one push factor and one pull factor that contributed to this shift.

Select the two portions of the quote below by Andrew Carnegie that best explains why he funded philanthropic projects such as the building of libraries and parks.

The process described in the excerpt led to —

Which development made it possible to construct this type of building?

These photographs provide evidence that one goal of the Carlisle Indian School was to —

📷Use the map and identify the "hot spot" that shows the location of Promontory Point, where the Transcontinental Railroad was completed.CLEAR ALL

What is the best title for this list?

Explain the relationship between the development of factories and the growth of urbanization.

Which benefit resulted from the introduction of the Bessemer steel process?

Nineteenth-century nativist organizations advocated —

Which issue contributed most to the need for this permanent sanitation group?

A high school teacher wrote these bullet points on the whiteboard. What was the most likely topic of discussion?

Why were people like those shown in this image hopeful about their future?

How did Andrew Carnegie contribute to civic and social life in the United States?

This cover from a nineteenth-century periodical helps illustrate that the United States was beginning to change from —

What was one DIRECT effect of the business practice discussed in this excerpt?

Select two portions of text below that best describe how political machines justified corruption.

Match the description with the proper title.

Select the correct "hot spot" on the map that shows Angel Island, the point of entry for Chinese immigrants coming to the United States.

Provide two causes of immigration to the United States in the late nineteenth century. In your response, include one push factor and one pull factor that contributed to this shift.

Select the two portions of the quote below by Andrew Carnegie that best explains why he funded philanthropic projects such as the building of libraries and parks.

The process described in the excerpt led to —

Which development made it possible to construct this type of building?

These photographs provide evidence that one goal of the Carlisle Indian School was to —

📷Use the map and identify the "hot spot" that shows the location of Promontory Point, where the Transcontinental Railroad was completed.CLEAR ALL

What is the best title for this list?

📷Use the map and identify the "hot spot" that shows the location of Promontory Point, where the Transcontinental Railroad was completed.
CLEAR ALL

📷Use the map and identify the "hot spot" that shows the location of Promontory Point, where the Transcontinental Railroad was completed.
CLEAR ALL