Innovations of the Gilded Age

What major project connected the East and West coasts during the Gilded Age?

• Barbed wire
• Electric lighting
• Oil extraction
• Transcontinental Railroad

What was the purpose of the transcontinental railroad?

• To connect the East and West coast of the United States
• To enclose land and protect livestock
• To transport cattle to eastern markets
• To produce light by heating a filament inside a glass bulb

______ is the transformation of an economy based on agriculture to one focused on manufacturing and industry.

What resource became a vital source of fuel for machinery, transportation, and lighting during the Gilded Age?

• Barbed wire
• Electric lighting
• Gas lamps
• Oil

What was the purpose of barb wire during the Gilded Age?

• To connect the East and West coast of the United States
• To transport cattle to eastern markets
• To enclose land and protect livestock
• To produce light by heating a filament inside a glass bulb

What was the period of rapid growth in the cattle industry called during the Gilded Age?

• Cattle Boom
• Meat Frenzy
• Livestock Surge
• Beef Rush

Who pioneered the use of the Bessemer process in steel production?

• Barb wire
• Thomas Edison
• John Rockefeller
• Andrew Carnegie

What challenges arose from the rapid urbanization during the Gilded Age?

What is the transformation of an economy based on agriculture to one focused on manufacturing and industry called?

• Industrialization
• Modernization
• Globalization
• Agriculturalization

Which invention revolutionized the way people lived and worked during the Gilded Age?

• Barbed wire
• Transcontinental Railroad
• Gas lamps
• Electric lighting