Westward Expansion and Gilded Age Test Review
1. Identify the reasons/factors for the increase of urbanization in the 1900s.
2. Identify the issues that industrialization and urbanization created in the 1900s.
3. List the events that helped push the Westward Expansion.
4. Identify the positive and negative impacts of the Homestead Act.
5. Explain the significance of the assembly line manufacturing during the Gilded Age.
6. Explain what “Trusts” and “Monopolies” are and why they were considered unfair.
7. Define entrepreneur.
8. Explain the Bessemer Process.
9. Identify the positive and negative effects of industrialization on the farmer and agriculture.
10. Explain some reasons for the need for unions.
11. List the three early unions, who they represented, and any issues they resolved or caused.
12. Explain how the “Political Machines” gained power in the Gilded Age.
13. Define Populist Party
14. Explain Andrew Carnegie’s point in “The Gospel of Wealth”.
15. Explain who Samuel Gompers was and what did he create.
16. List the farming innovations in the Industrialization and Gilded Age (1860-1900).
17. Explain the significance of subways and other public transportation in this time period.
18. Explain the Chinese Exclusion Act.
19. Explain the Homestead Act.
20. Explain the Dawes Act.
21. Identify the issues and causes of the Hayward Riots.
22. Identify the issues and causes of the Pullman Strike.
23. List the factors that identify historical eras.
24. List the reasons immigrants came to America in the late 1800s.
25. List some characteristics of the Gilded Age.
26. Identify issues that required Civil Service reform.
27. Identify how women and children’s lives were affected by the growing industrialization.
28. Explain whom the Nativists were and what concerns they had during the Gilded Age.
29. Explain the impact of schools on immigrants during the Gilded Age.
30. Explain the significance of electricity in the workplace and home.
31. Explain how the automobile affected the standard of living in the early 20 th century.