Pd. 1 The Industrial Revolution, Gilded Age, and Aliquippa, PA

During the western movement, settlers moved between which two regions?

• Rocky Mountains and Gulf of Mexico

• Appalachian Mountains and Great Lakes

• Mississippi River and Pacific Ocean

• Mississippi River and Atlantic Ocean

What was the era of the western movement known as after the Civil War?

• Era of the Civil Rights Movement

• Era of the Industrial Revolution

• Era of the Gold Rush

• Era of the American Cowboy

What did the Homestead Act of 1862 provide to settlers?

• Protection from Native American attacks

• Access to education and healthcare

• Financial assistance for farming

• Free public land in the western territories

Why did Southerners, including African Americans, move west?

• To escape discrimination

• To seek new opportunities

• To find gold and riches

• To establish new colonies

How did new technologies help people moving west?

• By improving farming efficiency

• By creating new job opportunities

• By providing entertainment

• By connecting with distant relatives

What happened to the Indigenous Americans (Native Americans) throughout the remainder of the nineteenth century?

• They were given equal rights

• They were forcibly removed from their lands

• They formed their own independent nation

• They were integrated into American society

What was the role of the railroad in the western movement?

• It provided a means of transportation for settlers

• It was used to transport goods and supplies

• It was used to transport cattle to market

• All of the above

Match the following

• Airplane

• The Wright Brothers

• Assembly Line Manufacturing

• Lewis Latimer

• Light Bulb

• Thomas Edison

• Filament for the lightbulb

• Alexander Grand Bell

• Telephone

• Henry Ford

Match the following industrial leaders to their industry.

• Steel

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• Finance

• John D. Rockefeller

• Railroads

• Andrew Carnegie

• Oil

• JP Morgan

​ During the 20th Century the United States became a diverse society due to immigration and naturalization.

True or False

• False

• True