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Population growth during the Gilded Age was due in large part to

unemployment among workers.

an improved food supply.

better health care.

immigration to the United States.

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The building of a railroad network led to industrial growth because

raw materials and finished products were shipped quickly and cheaply.

finished products were shipped quickly to rural Canada.

finished products were shipped quickly and cheaply to factories.

raw materials were shipped quickly and cheaply to consumers.

The growth of business led to the development of a new type of business organization called the corporation. Which of the following was a characteristic of a corporation?

Each of the company’s stockholders was legally responsible if the company went bankrupt.

Only the owner of the company was legally responsible if the company went bankrupt.

None of the company’s stockholders was legally responsible if the company went bankrupt.

The federal government was legally responsible if the company went bankrupt.

The development of a system of mass production in manufacturing meant that

machines rapidly produced large amounts of products.

products were handmade.

products were made in foreign countries.

individuals slowly made small amounts of products.

Why did railroad expansion increase the populations of major urban centers during the Gilded Age?

New networks in the rural West allowed more farming.

Traveling to different cities and factories became easier.

Traveling between the North and the South became easier.

New networks linked Canadian and US cities.

This graph shows the gross domestic product (GDP) manufactured in the United States from 1800 to 1900.According to the graph, the manufacturing of products in the United States

greatly increased from 1800 to 1900.

greatly decreased from the onset of the Civil War to 1900.

slowly decreased in 1800 and again in 1900.

slowly increased after 1880.

What is one reason why the expansion of the railroads caused prices of products to drop during the Gilded Age?

Railroads provided transportation for products to markets in rural areas of the South.

Railroads provided cheap and fast transportation for both raw materials and products.

Railroads provided fast transportation of raw materials to ports for overseas shipments.

Railroads provided expensive but fast transportation of raw materials and products.

Look at the graph below, which shows the population of the United States from 1790 to 1910. During the Gilded Age the US population rose

from under 20 million in 1830 to around 40 million in 1850.

from under 20 million in 1850 to about 40 million in 1870.

from nearly 40 million in 1870 to nearly 80 million in 1900.

from nearly 40 million in 1870 to over 100 million in 1910.

The Transcontinental Railroad was completed in

1835.

1859.

1869.

1888.

What was one major effect of industrialization on American society?

More people received free higher education.

More people received health care and benefits.

More people took up family farming.

More people moved to urban areas.

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