Domain 3-US (GSE)

Front

Which BEST explains how improved steel production methods affected the US in the mid-nineteenth century?

Back

Railroads were able to be built more quickly and efficiently

Front

How did railroads assist the growth of industry?

Back

Movement of raw materials over long distances

Front

Which industrialist owned Standard Oil Company, the predominant producer of petroleum products in 1880?

Back

John D. Rockefeller

Front

The telegraph, electric light bulb, and the telephone improved American life in all of these areas EXCEPT: Standard of living, Working conditions in factories, Communication

Back

Government regulation of business

Front

Why was Ellis Island so important to the United States during the late 1800s?

Back

Served as a federal immigration center

Front

What contribution did many of the immigrants from Asia and Eastern and Southern Europe make to the United States in the late 19th Century?

Back

Worked in the factories and mines and built the railroads that helped the United States grow

Front

The early efforts of the American Federation of Labor focused on ____________.

Back

organizing skilled workers into unions

Front

Which cause of industrial unrest in the US led to tactics such as forming labor unions and participating in strikes?

Back

Very few laws protected workers, wages were low, and there was too much competition for jobs

Front

Which BEST explains the effect of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869? Options: Allowed people in the southern states to travel to Canada more easily, Made travel to the west more dangerous due to frequent train malfunctions, Made travel to the west safer and faster, Angered many citizens because of the amount of untouched land and natural resources it “ruined”

Back

Made travel to the west safer and faster

Front

Which group BEST describes the workers who built the Transcontinental Railroad?

Back

Chinese immigrants who arrived in the US looking for work