AM2 Gilded Age

What was the Industrial Revolution?

• A time of rapid technological and economic growth

• When people began to move to farms

• Cities were starting to be created

• A period where income inequality disappeared

What was Henry George's argument in "Progress & Poverty"?

• Poverty would exist no matter how much progress we made

• Machines would make work easier and eliminate poverty

• Factories just made poverty worse

• Automation was not going to happen the way we thought

How would UBI be a response to automation?

• The businesses that own the machines will decide who to hire and fire, similar to now

• Only some people qualify for UBI and those people are ones who lost their jobs to robots

• Since machines are taking work, everyone gets some money to avoid huge unemployment

• Everyone gets some money in order to combat automation

What caused the rise of big business during the Gilded Age?

• Robber Barons and labor unions

• Government regulation and mass production from factories

• Workers fighting for rights and labor unions

• No government regulation and mass production from factories

What did Carnegie advocate for in the "Gospel of Wealth"?

• The wealthy spend their money on luxury items, boosting the economy

• Big businesses avoid charity so they can afford to hire more people

• The wealthy donate their money to charitable causes

• The government tax the wealthy for true equality

What is a major similarity between big businesses now and big businesses in the Gilded Age?

• Both refuse to pay their workers living wages

• They are large and control large parts of the economy

• They all depend on factories and to make their money

• There are no similarities

How did workers live during the Gilded Age?

• Many lived in poverty despite working long hours

• Most workers had stable jobs and decent incomes

• Immigrants were treated badly but other Americans were treated fairly

• The jobs were usually safe and clean

Which image below best reflects immigrant life during the Gilded Age?

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What are the main issues facing workers in the US today?

• No benefits, high pay, and dangerous jobs

• No minimum wage, dangerous jobs, and long hours

• Low benefits, long work hours, and low minimum wage

• Dangerous jobs, low benefits, and no vacation

What are labor unions?

• Thugs who beat up workers who are on strike

• A military group that attacks businesses

• A business group attempting to break up organized labor

• Workers uniting to negotiate with big businesses