Westward Expansion & the Gilded Age
Unit 1-EOC Review
Can you answer these ESSENTIAL questions?
- What causes people to migrate?
- What challenges were faced in the west?
- What were the motivating factors for moving west?
- What did the Homestead Act of 1862 provide?
- What was the intended goal of the Dawes Act?
- How did new forms of transportation affect American's lives?
- How does income inequality impact society?
- How do "class systems" emerge in society?
- What long-term effects did the Robber Barons have on the U.S.?
- How would Civil Service reform impact government corruption?
- What factors led to the rise of the American Industrial Revolution from 1870-1900?
- What important changes took place during the Gilded Age?
- Were these changes good or bad for America? Explain.
- How did workers and the U.S. government respond to the rapid changes of industrialization during the Gilded Age?
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