For topic 6.5 - Technological Innovation, you will go to The National College Board site. There you will have a short lecture video to watch followed by a few multiple choice questions to answer. If you are unable to access the questions on the College Board website, I have also posted them below. You would then just submit your answers through the Google Classroom.
1) Access to natural resources for businesses changed from the mid-1800s to the late 1800s most directly as a result of which of the following factors?
A) The invention of the automobile and the building of highways
B) The establishment of national parks for wilderness preservation
C) The emergence of new scientific theories such as evolution
D) The expansion of communication systems such as the electric telegraph
2) Which of the following best explains a connection between the economic development of the West in the mid-1800s and in the late 1800s?
A) In both periods, the end of conflicts with American Indians encouraged many Southerners to migrate to the West.
B) In both periods, the West offered a large existing labor force eager for work in mining and railroads.
C) In both periods, the expansion and improvement of railroads facilitated transportation in the West.
D) In both periods, the federal government encouraged immigrants from abroad to settle in the West.
3) Which of the following best explains a connection between the economic productivity of the United States in the mid-1800s and in the late 1800s?
A) The application of new technologies expanded large-scale industrial manufacturing.
B) Labor unions sought to improve conditions in factories and wages for workers.
C) The use of sharecropping in the South expanded cotton agricultural production.
D) Corporations’ need for managers fostered the growth of a large middle class.