The gilded Age 2022

This period during the 1870s to 1900 is known for its rise of railroads, big business, industrialization, and social problems in the United States.

• World War I
• Progressive Era
• Gilded age
• Roaring Twenties

Why was it called the "Gilded Age"?

• America had many organizations for immigrants to join.

• America looked bright and shiny from the outside, but had problems, like corruption.

• It was beginning to build many large cities, with skyscrapers.

Negative term used to describe large businessmen of the late 1800's because of the fact that they used ruthless practices to destroy competition and took advantage of workers.

• robber baron

• captain of industry

• entrepreneur

• philanthropist

Which results completes the diagram?

• Ratification of a suffrage amendment

• Building of the transcontinental railroad

• Passage of prohibition legislation

• Expansion of labor unions

Which group provided basic services for immigrants & the poor for votes & made illegal fortunes

• Nativist
• Labor Unions
• Political Machines
• Robber Barons

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

• Goods were transported across country
• Travel across the country was possible
• Populations in the west increased
• Railroad reduced the size of the US

The Dawes Act (1887) did which of the following?

• Divided Native American tribal lands into individual holdings.

• Promoted the preservation of Native American cultural identity.

• Granted immediate citizenship to Native Americans.

• Forbade the use of Native American languages in public schools.

Access to natural resources for businesses changed from the mid-1800s to the late 1800s most directly as a result of which of the following factors?

• The invention of the automobile and the building of highways

• The establishment of national parks for wilderness preservation

• The emergence of new scientific theories such as evolution

• The expansion of communication systems such as the electric telegraph

Why was it called the "Gilded Age"?

• America had many organizations for immigrants to join.

• America looked bright and shiny from the outside, but had problems, like corruption.

• It was beginning to build many large cities, with skyscrapers.

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

• cities

• farms