Gilded Age Review

What time period is known as the Gilded Age

• 1844-1861

• 1861-1865

• 1865-1877

• 1877-1900

Which of the following cartoons represents nativism?

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• F

• G

• H

• J

Check all of the inventions below that are from the Gilded Age (light bulb, television, typewriter, telephone).

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Political machines, such as Tammany Hall, were powerful organizations that controlled city governments and often stole lots of money and remained in power through threats of violence.

• True

• False

After learning about big business leaders like Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller, do you think that they should be considered mostly bad for the country (robber barons) or mostly good (captains of industry)?

• Robber Barons

• Captains of Industry

Explain why you think big business leaders are captains of industry or robber barons.

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Labor __________ leaders organized workers against their bosses to fight for higher pay, better working conditions, an end to child labor, and many other rights.

• F

• G

• H

• J

How did the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1862 change the country?

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