gilded age

Chapter Three

The Gilded Age

Open Ended

George Washington Carver Invented how many products made from peanuts and sweet potatoes?

Multiple Choice

Why was the name "Gilded Age" used by Mark Twain to describe this time period?

• The U.S had a lot of gold during this time.

• The society was in a Golden Era of inventions and growth

• Underneath the glittery growth and success, U.S society was struggling with poverty .

• Many citizens were wealthy

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Why did George Washington Carver work so hard to invent ways to make products from peanuts and sweet potatoes?

• to increase profits for his farm

• to decrease costs for everyday good

• to increase demand for new crops farmers could grow to replenish their soil

• to increase western settlement by finding ways to use crops that grew well

Multiple Select

What does economic disparity mean?

• A few are wealthy, but most were poor.

• Most people were wealthy, but a few were poor.

• Almost everyone had gained wealth.

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Some industrialists were nicknamed "Robber Barons" because:

• they joined labor unions

• they improved society by inventing new things

• they were mistrusted among the people

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What is vertical integration?

• owing different types of businesses

• inventing a lot of different things

• Owning all the businesses needed to produce the product from start to finish

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Henry Ford used the assembly line to make

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Cornelius Vanderbilt created a coordinated

Multiple Select

Ford and Vanderbilt were both

• entrepreneurs

• brought innovation to an industry

• both

Multiple Select

Vanderbilt first worked in what industry?

• railroad

• steamboat

• steel

Multiple Choice

Ford divided labor in his factory so that tasks were

• longer

• specialized

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How did companies able to become so powerful in the Gilded Age? pick 2

• Labor unions were created

• Monopolies and trusts gave industry leaders more control

• Advancements in advertising and transportation

• Specialization left owners with more time to invest.

Multiple Choice

What conditions led to the development of labor unions? choose 2

• arbitration

• low wages and long hours

• strikes

• unsafe working conditions

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Labor unions worked to ______ wages and _________ working hours.

Multiple Select

Labor unions tried to improve working conditions by:

• collective bargaining

• strikes

• laissez faire policies

Multiple Choice

If their preferred method to improve working conditions failed, labor unions would sometimes use ______, which sometimes led to violence.

• collective bargaining

• strikes

• laissez faire poliices

Multiple Select

Which organization was started by Samuel Gompers?

• American Federation of Labor

• Pullman Company

• Order of the Knights of Labor

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What did Thomas Edison invent and how did that impact the world?

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What did Alexander Graham Bell invent?

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Know the industries that Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Morgan were known for?