Gilded Age 2

What was the Gilded Age?

• A time during which company owners were not making a lot of money in the U.S.

• A time during which everyone in the U.S. was living well.

• A time in which many Americans moved to other countries because of the economy in the U.S.

• A time in which the wealthy company owners took advantage of the poor workers.

What was the MAIN cause of problems in society during the Gilded Age?

• Cities were too crowded.

• A large majority of the poor workers did not have an opportunity to improve their situations and escape poverty.

• Low wages.

• Dangerous working conditions in the factories.

What was another big problem during the Gilded Age?

• Larger companies would control their industries and not allow other companies to compete against them.

• Many smaller companies were able to grow into large ones and take advantage of the workers.

• Many workers started moving to Europe where there was more opportunity to make more money than they were in the U.S.

• All the above are correct.

Who were the Muckrakers?

• People who worked in the factories.

• Factory owners.

• Railroad owners.

• Newspaper reporters who exposed corruption among politicians and the wealthy business owners.

How did the workers respond to the issue of low pay, many hours at work, and dangerous working conditions?

• They formed labor unions.

• They did nothing because they couldn't.

• They moved to Europe.

• Many opened their own businesses.

What was a labor union?

• An organization that protected the rights of company owners.

• An organization that hired workers for the company owners.

• An organization that protects the rights of workers, improve working conditions, and ensure fair pay for their work.

• An organization that represented the company owners whenever their was a problem between workers and company owners.

Which is NOT a conclusion that can be made about the transcontinental railroad?

• Goods were transported across country

• Populations in the west increased

• Railroad reduced the size of the US

• Travel across the country was possible

Which of the following was NOT central to the life and culture of the Plains Indians in the 1800's?

• the horse

• the buffalo

• the extended family

• land ownership

What made it possible to construct skyscrapers in the 1800's?

• cheap electric power

• fire safety standards

• the invention of the elevator

• new methods of making steel

In the late 1800's, collective bargaining was a technique used to ______.

• expand industry

• win workers' rights

• restrict labor unions

• organize labor unions