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Industrialization and the Gilded Age — Test Answers

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How did elevated trains and subways improve urban transportation?

by delivering fresh food to people in cities

by using horses and carriages to commute

by making the automobile unnecessary

by transporting commuters without crowding city streets

An example of a pull factor would be

oppression.

safety.

war.

famine.

Why did the development of time zones make train schedules more reliable?

Time zones measured time locally instead of country-wide.

Time zones created a standard of time that all trains followed.

Time zones made sure that each state was in only one zone.

Time zones set the entire country to the same time.

Which of these groups became the main residents of the inner city during the Gilded Age?

the wealthy

doctors and lawyers

clerks and teachers

the working poor

Which of these innovations was made possible by Alexander Graham Bell?

instant communication through speech

instant communication using a special code

instant communication through the written word

instant communication between trains

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