The Gilded Age

What does the term 'gilded' mean?

• made of gold

• covered in a thin coat of gold

• poor

• made of steel

What years are called the Gilded Age?

• 1865-1898

• 1825-1832

• 1800-1900

• 1725-1798

Who termed this time period the Gilded Age?

• Thomas Jefferson

• J D Rockefeller

• Mark Twain

• the writers

Who was best known for being in STEEL?

• J. P. Morgan

• John D. Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• Thomas Jefferon

Which was considered the most important technology of the time period?

• oil

• steel

• trains

• banking

The picture shows which negative effect of industrialization?

• High wages were earned
• Short working hours
• Safe working conditions
• Child labor was used

Which one of these men was not a robber baron with a monopoly and ruthless business tactics?

• Andrew Carnegie
• JP Morgan
• John D. Rockefeller
• Thomas Edison

During the Gilded Age, more people were moving to the ___________ than ever before.

• cities

• farms

Mark Twain labeled the late 1800's the "Gilded Age" to describe the ?

• end of the practice of slavery

• extremes between wealth and poverty

• absence of international conflict

• achievements in the labor movement

Technological development most revolutionized US steel industry.

• Electrification
• Vulcanization
• Steam power
• Bessemer Process