The Gilded Age and Industrialization

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

• Businesses hired more skilled workers

• Factories could extend working hours

• Products were created on the assembly line

• Machines were able to be more efficient

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What factor most led to the growth of the steel industry?

• Labor unions

• New production techniques

• Laissez faire economics

• The need for a new building material

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What was one of the impacts of the Homestead Act and the Transcontinental Railroad

• They initiated the movement to reservations

• They impacted the settlement of the west

• They resulted in the decrease of urbanization

• They led to the decline of the American economy

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Which was the following was a federal policy toward American Indians

• The Pendleton Act

• The Dawes Act

• The Sherman Antitrust Act

• The Interstate Commerce Act

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Created the process to produce steel cheaper

• John D. Rockefeller

• Thomas Nast

• Cornelius Vanderbilty

• Henry Bessemer

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Which of the following are TRUE about conditions workers faced in the Industrial Era? Select all that apply

• children as young as 4 years old were put to work

• employers created safe and sanitary environments

• there were no minimum wage laws & pay was often too low to live on

• 12-16 hour work days were often required

• employers were usually very willing to negotiate with workers to make conditions better

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Which of the following are effects of the Industrial Revolution? Select all that apply.

• People moved from the countryside to the city

• People moved from the city to the countryside

• An increase in urban population

• A decrease in urban population

Multiple Choice

Civil Service Reform was a response to what?

• Political Machines and the Spoils System

• Chinese Immigrants

• Indians (Native Americans)

• The need to regulate State Governments

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9) Why are Captains of Industry such as Rockefeller and Carnegie also known as Robber Barons?

• They were secretly criminal masterminds

• They used ruthless business tactics to get rid of their competition

• They secretly controlled major government industries

• They stole millions from government and international agencies

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Andrew Carnegie and John D Rockefeller created monopolies. What is a monopoly?

• When one person or company controls a market

• a board game created by Rockefeller and Carnegie

• a law that gave them advantages in business

Multiple Choice

theory that rich were obligated to help communities by giving back in the form of libraries, school, universities but not giving directly to individuals

• National Market
• Philanthropy
• Gospel of Wealth
• Laissez-faire

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Economic philosophy based on "Survival of the fittest"

• Social Darwinism
• National Market
• Knights of Labor
• Free Enterprise System

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Union

• The production, processing and storage of farm products.

• An official rule or law that says how something should of should not be done.

• Owning all the businesses in a certain field

• An organization of workers formed to protect the rights and interests of its members

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What does this image say about the need for labor unions?

• labor unions were desirable because the workers were being crushed by difficult living conditions and poor pay.

• Labor unions decreased nativism

• Labor unions helped big business keep control of the workers

• Labor unions helped reduce the length of the work day

Multiple Choice

Many immigrants found work as-

• unskilled labor in factories

• farmers on the Great Plains

• skilled craftsmen

• Educators

Multiple Choice

By the 1890's, a new political party emerged. This party was made up largely of farmers and workers.

• Green Party

• Populist Party

• Labor Party

Multiple Choice

During the Gilded age, workers came together to work for better pay, working conditions, and less hours. Leaders such as Samuel Gompers help led many of this workers in....

• Philanthropy
• Labor Unions
• Political Bosses
• Credit Unions

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In 1889, during the Gilded Age, a Settlement House called Hull House was opened in Chicago. It was designed to help working class women, many recent immigrants, move out of poverty and dependence on others. It sought to address some of the excesses of industry and business. Who founded Hull House?

• Margaret Sanger

• Jane Addams

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Susan B. Anthony

Multiple Choice

This period, during 1877 to 1900, is known for the rise of railroads, big business, industrialization and social problems in the United States.

• World War I

• Progressive Era

• Gilded Age

• Roaring Twenties

Multiple Choice

What were the three primary goals of labor unions?

• Planes, trains, and automobiles.

• Oil, steel, and railroads.

• Education, voting rights, and immigration.

• Better pay, hours, and working conditions.

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What did union workers do when negotiations with business owners failed?

• They set factories on fire.

• They went on strike.

• They used collective bargaining.

• They gave up and found another job.

Multiple Choice

The ______________ Act, passed in 1883, marked the beginning of professional civil service and aimed to reduce political patronage.

• Pendleton

• Roosevelt

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These men gained their fortune by shady business actions and poor treatment of their workers.

• Captains of Industry

• Robber Barrons

• Philanthropists