Unit 7 Mid Unit Review

Front

What does "Gilded" mean when we talk about the Gilded Age?

Back

Nice on the outside, ugly on the inside

Front

_____ opened the way for worldwide communications with the invention of the telephone.

Back

Alexander Graham Bell

Front

Why did the policy of treating the Great Plains as a huge reservation change?

Back

White settlers began wanting the land on the Plains.

Front

What made it possible to construct skyscrapers in the 1800's?

Back

new methods of making steel

Front

Vertical integration, a business strategy used by steel mogul Andrew Carnegie, involves _______.

Back

buying out raw material producers and distributors

Front

Business owners generally paid low wages in factories because ______.

Back

keeping wages low meant lower production costs

Front

The illegal use of political influence for personal gain is called ____.

Back

graft

Front

This political party proposed an increase in the money supply, a graduated income tax, and a federal loan program.

Back

Populist Party

Front

What years are called the Gilded Age?

Back

1865-1898

Front

Who was best known for being in STEEL?

Back

Andrew Carnegie