DA Final Unit 7: The Gilded Age

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What was one of the reasons the invention by Thomas Edison of the light bulb so important?

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It allowed factories to stay open at night

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What immigrant groups helped build the transcontinental railroad? (Options: Irish and Chinese, Irish and German, Chinese and German, Chinese and Japanese)

Back

Irish and Chinese

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What is an example of a nativist law? Options: Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, Homestead Act, 13th Amendment, Meat Inspection Act

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Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

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Which Native American leader led the Sioux Indians in an ambush of the military at the Battle of Little Big Horn?

Back

Sitting Bull

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What is the significance of Wounded Knee?

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marked the end of Indian resistance to the US government when the US army got revenge for the Battle of Little Big Horn

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Where did most immigrants come from during the Gilded Age? Options: Southern and Eastern Europe, Asia, Northern and Western Europe, Latin America

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Southern and Eastern Europe

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Who was the leader of the American Federation of Labor?

Back

Samuel Gompers

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What law encouraged western settlement by giving 160 acres of frontier land to settlers who agreed to live on it for 5 years?

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Homestead Act

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Which is NOT a part of the Populist Platform? Options: bimetallism, regulation of railroads, income tax, increased tariffs

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increased tariffs

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Which group of people would be most likely to support the Populist Party? Options: Captains of Industry, Farmers, Northerners, Southerners

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Farmers