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AM2 Gilded Age

Authored by Mathew Baker

History

11th - 12th Grade

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AM2 Gilded Age
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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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

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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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

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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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

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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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

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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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

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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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

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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

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