Practice
Answer the following questions.
Knowledge Check #1
Alexander Graham Bell invented the elevator.
- True
- False
Answer: False
Knowledge Check #2
Thomas Edison developed the light bulb.
- True
- False
Answer: True
Knowledge Check #3
The production of lightweight iron allowed for the construction of tall city skyscrapers during the Gilded Age.
- True
- False
Answer: False
Knowledge Check #4
Innovations such as the subway, trolley cars, and steel bridges encouraged city dwellers to move outside the city.
- True
- False
Answer: True
Knowledge Check #5
In 1870, all the nation's children were required to attend elementary school.
- True
- False
Answer: False
Knowledge Check #6
The South generally lagged behind the rest of the country in school reform efforts.
- True
- False
Answer: True
Knowledge Check #7
Horace Mann was a key developer in the first airplane.
- True
- False
Answer: False
Knowledge Check #8
By 1900, all the nation's universities accepted women and African Americans.
- True
- False
Answer: False
Knowledge Check #9
Baseball, football, and boxing were all popular pastimes during the late 1800s.
- True
- False
Answer: True
Knowledge Check #10
Vaudeville refers to the early circus that traveled across the nation during the Gilded Age.
- True
- False
Answer: False
Knowledge Check #11
Dorothea Dix was the nation's first advice columnist in newspapers.
- True
- False
Answer: True
Knowledge Check #12
Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst are associated with the public education reform movement.
- True
- False
Answer: False
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