Gilded Age - Regents

This period during the 1870s to 1900 is known for it's rise of railroads, big business, industrialization and social problems in the United States.

• World War I
• Progressive Era
• Gilded age
• Roaring Twenties

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

• Philanthropy
• Labor Unions
• Political Bosses
• Credit Unions

The innovation of this transportation help open up the national market? 

• boats
• railroads
• automobiles
• horse drawn carriages 

Because of the rapid growth of Industrialization in the North people moved out of rural towns to?

• Rural farms
• Urbanized cities
• Suburbs
• the countryside

The most important invention/improvement responsible for the growth of American industry 

• factories
• railroads
• corporations
• telephone

What is a Robber Baron?

• The guy that makes those frozen pizzas!
• A capitalist of the latter part of the 19th century who became wealthy through exploitation 
• A capitalist of the latter part of the 19th century who became wealthy through hard work and honesty
• A guy that robbed the United States Mint

The total or complete control of a service, product or industry that prevents competition

• Union
• Robber Barron
• Monopoly
• Captain of Industry

The theory or policy that the government will not interfere with business

• Socialism
• National Market
• Laissez Faire
• Philanthropy

The leader of the union known as  the American Federation of Labor

• Samuel Gompers
• Terrence Powderly
• John P. Morgan
• Henry Bessemer

Name for entrepreneurs who use ruthless tactics to destroy competition or to keep wages low

• Captain of Industry
• Robber Baron
• Philanthropist
• Consolidator