Unit 2, Day 7

Unit 2, Day 7

The Gilded Age

Today's objectives:

• ​US.3B - Analyze economic issues such as industrialization, the growth of railroads, the growth of labor unions, farm issues, the cattle industry boom, the growth of entrepreneurship, and the pros and cons of big business

• ​US.15B - Describe the changing relationship between the federal government and private business, including the growth of free enterprise, costs and benefits of laissez-faire, Sherman Antitrust Act, Interstate Commerce Act, and Pure Food and Drug Act.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following occurred between 1865 and 1900 as a result of the rapid industrialization of the US?

• F

• G

• H

• J

Multiple Choice

The Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor developed in response to the -

• A

• B

• C

• D