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How did electricity change business in the United States?
a) A. Every American could afford electricity for their home.
b) B. Electricity was immediately available to all US citizens.
c) C. Homes needed more candles because the electricity was not always reliable.
d) D. Stores and factories could stay open longer, to make more products and money

Plessy vs. Ferguson was a land mark case that ruled:
a) A. Blacks and whites were equal.
b) B. Blacks and whites should share the same facilities.
c) C. Blacks and whites should receive the same quality education.
d) D. If facilities were equal, then it was legal to keep the races separate.

Who developed the Bessemer process which converted iron into steel?
a) Lewis Latimer
b) Thomas Edison
c) Andrew Carnegie
d) John D. Rockefeller

Jim Crow Laws were created to
a) A. legalize racial segregation
b) B. enforce integration among ethnic groups
c) C. provide educational opportunities for all races
d) D. protect the rights of individuals that were provided by the Constitution

What impact did availability of electricity have upon the homes in the late 1800s
a) A. It led to the invention of such things as washing machines and vacuum cleaners.
b) B. The telegraph became an even more popular device used in more homes.
c) C. Fewer homes needed electricity.
d) D. None of the above.

The telephone, invented by Alexander Graham Bell, improved communication and replaced which of the following?
a) A. The skyscraper
b) B. The plow
c) C. The telegraph
d) D. The cell phone

How did the US economy change after Reconstruction?
a) Farmers produced more crops.
b) Trade was even more important to the US.
c) The US became a manufacturing and production country.
d) More people moved to the country because of overcrowding.

The case, Plessy vs. Ferguson 1896, went to trial because of the denial of which amendment?
a) A. The 18th Amendment which banned the manufacture and sale of alcohol.
b) B. The 14th Amendment which granted equal citizenship to all Americans.
c) C. The 15th Amendment which granted the right to vote to men of all races.
d) D. The 21st Amendment which ended nationwide prohibition of alcohol.

What happened as America shifted from an agrarian (farming) nation to an industrial nation?
a) A. New technologies helped farm work get done quicker and quicker.
b) B. It led to higher crop output.
c) C. Many people moved to the cities to make more money.
d) D. All of the above

Which invention, improved by Thomas Edison, most changed the way factories operated in the late 19th century?
a) The refrigerator
b) The light bulb
c) Ford Motor vehicles
d) John Deere farm equipment

How did Orville and Wilbur Wright contribute to the rise of the United States as a world power?
a) They started the aircraft industry with their experiments in manned flight.
b) They allowed women to do work usually done by men
c) They explored new lands acquired by the US.
d) They improved the new Model-T vehicle.

How did new methods of mass production contribute to the Industrial Revolution?
a) New products were all made by hand.
b) Businesses used sharecropping to increase the production of goods.
c) New products were made quickly and cheaply.
d) Cities became ghost towns because machines replaced manual labor.

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