Unit 6: Industrialization & Urbanization (Gilded Age)

3) What were the effects of the Transcontinental Railroad? (Pick Three)

• It allowed for the rise of the steel industry and oil industry

• It connected the United States by rail from east coast to west coast

• It lead to increased the population in western cities

• The population in urban centers grew drastically

3) What was the economic impact of the Transcontinental railroad?

• It made shipping farmer's goods and traveling across the country cheaper

• Conflicts with the Native Americans increased

• The US government made millions from the Homestead Act

• It caused a decrease in taxes on big business

4) Which described the Homestead Act?

• It offered free land to settlers if they improved it

• It forced the Native Americans to assimilate or be moved to reservations

6) Which of these best explains why many immigrants came to the United States cities during the Gilded Age?

• They were imported as forced labor for infrastructure projects

• They were brought in to boost a declining population

• They were drawn in by the offer of free land from the Homestead Act

• They saw opportunity for a better life and factories needed workers

6) Why was the Chinese Exclusion Act passed?

• A response to China declaring war on the US

• A side effect of a war with Japan

• To satisfy Nativist ideas and "protect" American jobs

• To promote immigration from Mexico

7) In Urbanization: the people of the United States population was moving from the _ country to the _ country parts of the country.

• urban; rural

• rural; urban

7) How did this invention and its inventor improve the standard of living?

• Alexander Graham Bell: allowed people to communicate instantly

• Thomas Edison: allowed factories to stay open longer

• Henry Bessemer: allowed steel to be made faster

• Cornelius Vanderbilt: revolutionized the railroad industry

7) Why did political machines expand and take over city governments during the Gilded Age?

• They saw a chance to steal millions from Robber Barons

• They were employed by the Captains of Industry

• City governments were taken over by Nativists

• City governments could not provide basic services to the many new immigrants

8) Which of these lead to the rapid industrialization of the U.S.? (Choose 3)

• Lots of raw materials

• Government let big business grow

• Population increase from immigration

• The rise of Political Machines

8) What happened to the population of cities as they expanded (urbanization)?

• It decreased as a need for farmers drew people westward

• It increased as factories grew and needed more workers