Gilded Age 1

What is NOT a positive of Industrialization?

• More Jobs

• New technologies invented

• Long Working Hours

• More consumer goods available

What does "Gilded" mean when we talk about the Gilded Age?

• Like gold on the outside, rough on the inside

• Rough on the outside, like gold on the inside

1. Why was the time period of the late 1800s called the Gilded Age?

• It was a time period marked by corruption and the creation of gold statutues

• It was a time period marked by great success on the outside, but had terrible conditions and massive inequality on the inside

• It was a time period marked by monopolies and philanthropy.

• It was a time period marked by immigration.

Which innovation allowed for cities to grow upward with the creation of Skyscrapers?

• Bessemer Process

• Barbed Wire

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Light Bulb

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.

• The cities were new so they shined in the sun

Process to make lighter, stronger steel:

• Benteler Process

• Bessemer Process

• Bestemer Process

• Carnegie Process

The picture shows which negative effect of industrialization?

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

How did the Bessemer Process allow cities to grow rapidly?

• It allowed for steel to be made cheaper and quicker

• It allowed for instant long-distance communication

• It allowed factories to stay open longer

The innovation of ________ helped move goods faster in the 1800s. This was a big part of making the infrastructure of the US so great.

• boats

• railroads

• automobiles 

• horse drawn carriages