The Industrial Revolution and the Gilded Age

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What is the Gilded Age?

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An era in the late 19th century of rapid economic growth in America.

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What did Cornelius Vanderbilt make his money from? Options: real estate, dairy products, railroads, steel

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railroads

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Who led the enormous expansion of the steel industry?

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Andrew Carnegie

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What new innovation did Henry Ford use to lower the average cost of cars?

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an assembly line

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Which 2 major businessmen were Philanthropists? They donated money to charity or did charitable work themselves.

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Carnegie and Rockefeller

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How did J.P. Morgan make his fortune?

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He bought companies that were in trouble for a cheap price

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What are "Robber Barons?"

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Members of Trusts that used ruthless means to gain wealth.

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A period of rapid growth in the use of machines in manufacturing and production that began in the mid-1700s

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Industrial Revolution

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Define: corporation.

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A business that is owned by many investors.

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Define: urbanization.

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Movement of people from rural areas to cities