Gilded Age Review- Adv. SS

Worker organizations that tried to continually bargain for better pay and working conditions

• Labor parties

• Labor Onions

• Labor Leagues

• Labor Unions

The act of giving one's wealth to the benefit of society

• Political Machine

• Philanthropy

• Monopolies

• Robber Barrons

Why did they create labor unions?

• Because too many workers got paid extremely well

• Because workers got put in unsafe working conditions and had poorly paid jobs

• Because they wanted to ensure more efficient production

• Because of the Bessemer process

What is an effect from Thomas Edison's invention of the light bulb?

• People can now use TV's

• Factories are able to operate and work during the night

• Everyone now gets electricity

• People are able to use less candles

The process of moving to another country to take up residence..

• Migration

• Immigration

• Moving

• Assimilating

How would political machines work?

• by offering immigrants a chance to get a train ticket

• by offering immigrants food and equal pay

• by offering immigrants housing, job security, and basic services

• by offering immigrants a house of their choosing

The time between 1870 to 1900 during which the population and economy grew quickly along with political and corporate corruption

• Gilded Age

• Progressive Era

• Roaring 20's

• Populist movement

What are political machines?

• Exchanging public services, jobs, and money for votes

• Exchanging private services for votes

• Exchanging stocks, dividends, and financial advice for votes

• Exchanging sport cards for votes

Why were people leaving rural environments for urban environments?

• The Urban environments were cleaner

• The rural environments created many jobs

• The cost of living in rural environments was too much

• Industrialization created many more jobs in an Urban environment

Law that gave cheap/free land

• Dawes Act

• Chinese- Exclusion Act

• Homestead Act

• Interstate Commerce Act