Unit 7 Gilded Age Review

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The Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor developed in response to the increased need to protect worker interests.

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Increased need to protect worker interests

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This invention created steel, which was used to build railroads and skyscrapers:

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the Bessemer Process

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What was one way workers tried to get better working conditions?

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By joining labor unions

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What was one positive of wealthy industrialists?

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Philanthropic donations to charity

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What was an important effect of the invention of the light bulb?

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Factories could extend working hours

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What innovation contributed to the rapid industrialization (growth of factories) of the United States? Options: Railroads, Telephone, Dry farming, Sewing machine

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Railroads

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The Dawes Severalty Act dealt with which group in America?

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Indians (Native Americans)

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What industry did John D Rockefeller create a monopoly in?

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Oil Refineries

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An economic practice where the government does NOT try to control the economy.

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laissez faire

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a belief that the rich are wealthy because they are strong and the poor are weak

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Social Darwinism