Us History Fall Review

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Which application of a new technology can be attributed to an invention of Thomas Edison? Options: refrigerated railroad cars allowed food to be transported long distances, light bulbs made it efficient for factory workers to work at night., diesel engines were used in the production of airplanes, sonar technology was used to track submarines.

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light bulbs made it efficient for factory workers to work at night.

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What innovation contributed to the rapid industrialization (growth of factories) of the United States? Options: Railroads, Telephone, Dry farming, Sewing machine

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Railroads

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What is one positive about the laissez-faire politics?

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Entrepreneurs started businesses without government interference

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What was an important effect of the invention of the light bulb?

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Factories could extend working hours

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What factor most led to the growth of the steel industry? Options: Laissez faire economics, New production techniques, Labor unions, The need for a new building material

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New production techniques

Front

What does "Gilded" mean when we talk about the Gilded Age?

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Nice on the outside, ugly on the inside

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_____ opened the way for worldwide communications with the invention of the telephone.

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Alexander Graham Bell

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What was completed at Promontory Point, Utah making it possible to travel by land to across the country?

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Transcontinental Railroad

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The theory that government should not interfere in the operation of the free market.

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Laisez-Faire

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Which amendment establishes direct election of US senators?

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17th Amendment