Gilded Age and ROSE

Draw

Draw a star in the photo next to the image or symbol that show this was a time of great wealth.

Circle the objects in the photo that show that this time was about factories and industries.

Multiple Choice

The main idea of this newspaper clipping is...

• Working in a steel mill was dangerous.

• People died back then.

• A mother was sad about losing her son.

• People worked hard to make money.

Categorize

Options (9)

Many new job opportunities

New technologies that made life easier

Dangerous working conditions

Long hours and little pay

Anyone could own a business

Wealthy business owners could do whatever they wanted with no government interference

Plenty of labor with immigrants

Leads to pollution and overcrowding

Growth of cities; plenty of opportunities

Organize these options into the right categories. What were the PROS and CONS of The Gilded Age and the Rise of Industry in America?

NEGATIVE

POSITIVE

Open Ended

Of all the PROS and CONS, which one do you think was the most important significant PRO reason and why?

Which one do you think was the most important significant CON reason and why?

Open Ended

Based on the pictures, what do each of the letters R. O. S. E. stand for?

Open Ended

Slide #7: Mentions Progress and Loss.

1. 1. What does it mean by progress? What kind of progress was made?

2. 2. Look a the figure in the photo. Who experienced loss when the railroad was built?  What did they lose?

Draw

NEATLY Circle the effect that explains how railroads helped companies sell their products all across the U.S and not just locally.

Multiple Choice

Refineries took dark, thick crude oil from the ground and refined it. This meant it became...

• Clear and clean

• Thicker and darker

• Golden and expensive

• Sweet and delicious

Multiple Select

Kerosene or refined oil...

• Replaced whale oil in lamps

• Burned clean and bright

• Was dirty and didn't work very well

Multiple Choice

TRUE or FALSE? Oil became more valuable than gold and was used in many products.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Open Ended

What might be a problem with building things made from wood? What about iron?

Multiple Choice

The Bessemer process resulted in making steel faster and more durable than ever before.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Open Ended

Steel became the #1 new building material in the U.S.

It was light and strong and lasted a long time (durable).

What kind of new buildings would be built with steel?

Multiple Choice

The graph shows is that by 1910 steel production was at an all time high. This tell us...

• There was HUGE demand for steel for building.

• This was NO demand for steel for building.

• The U.S. ran out of steel after 1910.

Multiple Choice

Thomas Edison invented electricity.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Open Ended

What are some innovations and inventions that were created electricity was becoming more widely available?

Open Ended

Electricity allowed factories to stay open longer. What did this mean for the factory workers?

Categorize

Options (4)

JP Morgan invented money

JP Morgan invested in companies that were providing many of the resources the growing US needed

JP Morgan owned Standard Oil Company

JP Morgan used his own money to helped the government .

Organize these options into the right categories

TRUE

FALSE

Match

Match the following...

• 1. Supplied the growing demand for shipping goods and people faster

• Made from carbon and iron, Bessemer Process made it faster and better

• Used for cars, make-up, and later plastics

• Was widespread in cities; rural areas lagged behind

• More valuable than gold and needed for daily life for many

Railroads

Steel

Oil

Electricity

Oil

• Railroads

• Steel

• Oil

• Electricity

• Oil

Match

Match the following...

• John D. Rockefeller created a company for this product which supplied 90% of the U.S

• Thomas Edison made many innovations because of this and created his own company

• Andrew Carnegie mastered this product

• JP Morgan invested in this to make money

• Needed many workers and factory work was dangerous

Oil

Electricity

Steel

All of them

Steel

• Oil

• Electricity

• Steel

• All of them

• Steel