Gilded Age STAAR Review

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This invention created steel, which was used to build railroads and skyscrapers:

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the Bessemer Process

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What is a monopoly?

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When one person or company controls a market

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Which was NOT a cause of westward expansion? The Homestead Act of 1862, mining gold and other natural resources, the transcontinental railroad

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assimilation of American Indians

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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 is the main idea of the cartoon?

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Political Corruption

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Who accepted bribes in return for favors?

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Political bosses

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During the Gilded age, workers came together to work for better pay, working conditions, and less hours. What were they forming?

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Labor Unions

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What is a Laissez-Faire economy?

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An economy where there is very little involvement by the U.S. government.

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Which of the following is a strategy used by unions to force employers to meet labor demands? Injunctions, Lock outs, Scabs, Strikes

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Strikes

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Which law gave land to citizens in order to encourage settlement in the Great Plains?

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Homestead Act