Unit 4: The Gilded Age

This author wrote best-selling book 'The Jungle' which depicted the horrific working conditions in the meat-packing industry.

• Upton Sinclair

• Teddy Roosevelt

• Booker T Washington

• Jane Addams

Long hours, low pay. Child labor. Unsafe living & working conditions were reasons why...

• The Civil War started

• Ghettos were formed

• The Labor Movement for better working conditions began

• The Suffrage Movement began

Jane Addams is most recognized for her work with...

• Large corporations

• Settlement Houses

• Political Machines

• Labor Unions

Match the following inventions...

• Did the job of hundreds of farm laborers. Forced people to move to cities.

• Incandescent Lightbulb

• Mass-produced high quality fabric

• Steam Engine (Trains & Steamboats)

• Allowed people AND goods to be transported faster

• Mechanical Reaper

• Provided safe light source that allowed people to work later

• Bessemer Process

• Quickly converted large amounts of molten iron into steel

• Powered Loom

Which of the following was NOT a reason why industry grew...

• Inventions like the assembly line

• Lots of Money (capital)

• Access to huge amounts of raw materials to make finished goods

• Poor living conditions

Which of the following best describes a muckraker?

• A rich person who donated money to help the poor

• A journalist who investigated bad businesses/living conditions and exposed them

• A corrupt politician who bribed people to vote for them

• A person who fought for the women's right to vote

Most immigrants came to the United States from...

• Australia and New Zealand

• Africa and the Middle East

• Ireland, Central & Eastern Europe

• Central America and Mexico

Which issue most contributed to the early growth of labor unions?

• Dangerous working conditions

• Local income taxes

• Local neighborhood pollution

• Limited worker education

Match the the Robber-Baron to their industry.

• Banking

• Andrew Carnegie

• Oil

• Thomas Edison

• Railroads/Shipping

• John D. Rockefeller

• Electricity

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• Steel

• JP Morgan

When a company has complete control of an industry, with no competition, it is called a...

• monopoly

• corporation

• commission

• business