The Gilded Age

Most of the New Immigrants coming to the U.S. during the Gilded Age came from __________.

• Northern and Western Europe

• Eastern and Southern Europe

• Southeast Asia

• West and South Africa

Many immigrants and poor individuals in cities lived in single rooms in buildings called _______.

• Motels

• Alleys

• Tenements

• Cellars

Which of these best explains why many immigrants came to the United States during the Gilded Age?

• They were imported as forced labor for infrastructure projects

• They were brought in to boost a declining population

• They were drawn in by the offer of free land from the Homestead Act

• They saw opportunity for a better life for themselves and their children

His invention the light bulb allowed for factories to stay open longer.

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

• Henry Bessemer

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

How did the Bessemer process allow cities to grow rapidly?

• It allowed factories to stay open longer

• It allowed for instant long-distance communication

• It allowed for steel to be made quickly

• It allowed for banks to make more money

What does it mean if something is 'Gilded'?

• It is made of solid gold

• It is the best possible

• It is covered with a thin layer of gold

• It is old and wearing away

What conditions led to the development of labor unions?

• arbitration

• low wages, long hours and unsafe work conditions

• strikes

• collective bargaining

Labor unions worked to _____________ wages and ____________ working hours.

• increase, decrease

• decrease, increase

• increase, increase

• decrease,decrease

which industrial capitalists worked in the steel industry?

• John D. Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• James P. Morgan

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

What did the Gilded Age focus on?

• America's development as an industrial and business power.

• America's development as an agricultural and business power.

• America's development as an military and business power.