Gilded Age

Competing businesses that cooperate to act like a monopoly

• Trust
• Corporation
• Holding company
• Infrastructure

Donating lots of money to humanitarian causes

• Philanthropy
• Egalitarianism
• Assimilation
• Socialism

The Interstate Commerce Act...

• Created jobs
• Promoted the steel industry
• Regulated businesses
• Expanded our natural resources

An organization of workers who promote their interests collectively (as a group)

• Labor union
• Political machine
• Caucus

What innovation made manufacturing more efficient?

• Electricity

• Railroad

• Telephone

• Oil refining

What was an important effect of the invention of the light bulb?

• Machines were able to be more efficient

• Products were created on the assembly line

• Factories could extend working hours

• Businesses hired more skilled workers

What is the main idea of the cartoon?

• Political Corruption

• Laissez Faire

• Monopoly

• Social Darwinism

What idea is the cartoon addressing?

• Monopoly

• Laissez Faire

• Americanization

• Industrial Revolution

Who accepted bribes in return for favors?

• Industrialists

• Natavists

• Political bosses

• Immigrants

What term attempted to assimilate people of different cultures?

• Americanization movement

• Nativism

• Patronage System

• Labor unions