The Gilded Age

How were Americans influenced by the growth of the railroads? 

• Led to shortages of raw materials

• Construction of steamships to trade on the rivers

• Created time zones, cities, and national market

• Cotton, rice, and wheat moved to the west coast

What was the main reason for labor unions? 

• Obtain better pay and conditions for workers

• The transition from capitalism to socialism

• Help cigar makers gain better conditions and citizenships

• Replace individual unions with a single organization

What Robber Baron established a monopoly for oil refining?

• Rockefeller

• Carnegie

• Morgan

• Frick

What 2 tactics did labor unions use to settle disputes with management?

• Strike

• Lockout

• Blacklisting

• Picket Line

• Pinkertons

Why were Southern and Eastern European welcomed by industrialists?

• Difficult to learn English and assimilate

• Voted for candidates from the political machine

• Lived in ghettos with other people from the same ethnic group

• Worked for lower wages

What was the purpose of Ellis Island?

• Residents applying for citizenship

• Workers arriving from China and Japan

• First-class passenger arriving on European steamships

• Immigrants mainly coming from Southern and Eastern Europe

What did the Sherman Antitrust Act do?

• Restricted trusts, combinations, and conspiracies that limited interstate trade

• Could not divide territories or give railroad rebates

• States could regulate businesses affecting the public interest

What was the first labor union called?

• American Federation of Labor

• National Labor Union

• The Pinkerton Agency

• Blacklisting

Built by immigrant labor

Connected Omaha to Sacramento

Reduced travel time across the country

• The Erie Canal

• Missouri River

• The Pony Express

• The Transcontinental Railroad

What belongs in Box 3?

• Chinese workers blast their way through the Sierra Nevada Mountains

• Railroad workers go on strike

• The federal government buys up the Central Pacific

• The Union Pacific Railway fails to complete its task