US History FINAL

GILDED AGE

TRUE OR FALSE: Robber Barons lived in filthy, overcrowded apartments with one toilet per floor

• True

• False

During the late 19th century, most immigrants to the US found work as-

• Educated professionals
• skilled workers
• Factory/sweatshop workers
• Scientists

Which island did European immigrants register to live in the U.S?

• Galveston
• Long
• Ellis
• Angel

What innovation made manufacturing more efficient?

• Electricity

• Railroad

• Telephone

• Oil refining

Many immigrants found work as-

• unskilled labor in factories

• farmers on the Great Plains

• skilled craftsmen

• Educators

What was an important effect of the invention of the light bulb?

• Machines were able to be more efficient

• Products were created on the assembly line

• Factories could extend working hours

• Businesses hired more skilled workers

What was one way workers tried to get better working conditions?

• By homesteading on the Great Plains

• By joining labor unions

• By working for Political bosses

• Through better education

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.

Workers stick together to fight for better pay and working conditions. This is known as a:

• trust

• union

• monopoly

• industry

During the Gilded Age, immigrants often lived in parts of cities that were:

• crowded, run down, and filthy

• beautiful and new

• spacious

• the most expensive