Which identifies an accomplishment of Thomas Edison and his team of researchers at Menlo Park, New Jersey
the first practical light bulb
Based on the cartoon below, what conclusion can be reached about the United States in the early 1880s?
Some American critics felt workers were being oppressed by business monopolies.
Which tactic was sometimes used by management to resist the demands of labor?
lockout
Who was the last President in office during the Progressive Era?
Woodrow Wilson
The diagram below compares two industrial revolutions. Which phrase completes the diagram?
New methods of telecommunication
What was a consequence of the rapid growth of cities in the late 1800s?
the rapid growth of tenements and ghettos
The picture below depicts the Haymarket Riot. Based on the picture, which sentence best describes the viewpoint of the artist?
The protesters were prepared to use violence.
Which of the following was not true about public education around 1900?
The numbers of blacks attending public school was rapidly catching up with whites
Which "robber baron" is best known for consolidating Carnegie Steel and the National Steel Company into U.S. Steel in 1901?
J.P. Morgan
How did the completion of the 1st transcontinental railroad in 1869 encourage settlement of the American West?
The railroad made it easier for ranchers and farmers to ship goods back east