Verified Questions Covering Major Historical
Themes Such As U.S. Expansion, The Civil War
And Reconstruction, Industrialization, Social
Reform Movements, And Early 20th-Century
Developments.
Why did some Northerners oppose the abolitionist movement?
*All Northerners wanted slavery to be legal in the North.
* Most Northerners owned slaves.
* Some Northerners made money from Southern cotton.
* All Northerners accepted slavery as a necessary evil. - ANSWER--Some
Northerners made money from Southern cotton.
Who gave the industrial era the title the Gilded Age?
* Henry Ford
* James Naismith
* Andrew Carnegie
* Mark Twain - ANSWER--Mark Twain
What made life easier during the Gilded Age?
* inventions
* monopolies
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Verified Questions Covering Major Historical
Themes Such As U.S. Expansion, The Civil War
And Reconstruction, Industrialization, Social
Reform Movements, And Early 20th-Century
Developments.
* tenements
* factories - ANSWER--inventions
Why were bison so important to Plains Indians?
* Bison played an important part of a sacred ritual.
* Plains Indians used the bison for food, tools, and clothing.
* Bison stopped the railroad from going through their land.
* Plains Indians sold parts of the bison to miners for money. - ANSWER--Plains
Indians used the bison for food, tools, and clothing.
The moving assembly line impacted factory production in several ways. Which of
the following was a result of the moving assembly line?
* Factory production forced smaller businesses to close.
* Factory production brought affordable products into homes.
*Factory production hurt the farmers in the United States.
* Factory production increased the prices of many consumer goods. - ANSWER--
Factory production brought affordable products into homes.
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Verified Questions Covering Major Historical
Themes Such As U.S. Expansion, The Civil War
And Reconstruction, Industrialization, Social
Reform Movements, And Early 20th-Century
Developments.
Which of the following did not result from the transcontinental railroad being
connected?
* Buffalo herds began to diminish.
* People could travel from coast to coast.
* Miners were able to find more gold.
* The railroad allowed for faster travel. - ANSWER--Miners were able to find
more gold.
How did immigrants maintain ties to their native country?
* They started to protest and fight against Nativists.
* They could not adjust, so they returned to their homelands.
* They formed neighborhoods where they spoke their native language and ate their
native foods.
* They went to work as families in the same factories. - ANSWER--They formed
neighborhoods where they spoke their native language and ate their native foods.
What does urbanization mean?
* forcing a group to absorb another culture
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Verified Questions Covering Major Historical
Themes Such As U.S. Expansion, The Civil War
And Reconstruction, Industrialization, Social
Reform Movements, And Early 20th-Century
Developments.
* holding on to traditions while becoming accustomed to a new culture
* moving from the city to the farm
* moving from rural life to urban life - ANSWER--moving from rural life to urban
life
During the Gilded Age, where did the wealthy business owners live in relation to
the city?
* just outside the center of the city
* on the outskirts of the city
* in the heart of the city
*on farms away from the city - ANSWER--on the outskirts of the city
Which of the following was not invented by Thomas Edison?
* phonograph
* typewriter
* electric power plant
* lightbulb - ANSWER--typewriter