Gilded Age

Process which made steel more affordable and profitable.

• Laissez-faire

• Interstate Commerce

• Bessemer

• National Market

This was designed to prevent companies from engaging in unfair practices that eliminated competition.

• Sherman Anti-Trust Act

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Labor Unions

• Monopoly

Which benefit resulted from the introduction of the Bessemer steel process?

• Mechanical reapers to replace horse-drawn reapers

• Stronger and cheaper material for railroads and bridges

• Transistors for radios

• Electric lightbulb

How did the invention shown in this patent illustration affect industry?

• Machines needed to be repaired less frequently

• Products could be manufactured on an assembly line

• Businesses needed to hired skilled workers

• Factories could extend working hours

Which issue contributed most to the need for this permanent sanitation group?

• Increased urban population

• The passage of labor laws

• Decreased regulation of urban rail systems

• The establishment of immigration quotas

Which results completes the diagram?

• Ratification of a suffrage amendment

• Building of the transcontinental railroad

• Passage of prohibition legislation

• Expansion of labor unions

Which action is best described by this excerpt?

• Elected leaders helped immigrants to assimilate to life in the U.S.

• Political machines justified corruption while providing benefits to communities

• Progressive leaders protested eminent domain laws in the United States

• Muckrakers tried to uncover government scandals in urban communities

Big Business, Westward Expansion, bad working conditions, political machines, and immigration were issues of what time period in the U.S

• Gilded Age

• Progressive Era

• Building an Empire

• Civil Rights and the 60's

During the Gilded age, workers came together to work for better pay, working conditions, and less hours. 

• Philanthropy
• Labor Unions
• Political Bosses
• Credit Unions

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was primarily a response to:

• increased US presence in China

• competition for jobs on the West Coast

• rapid population growth in the Nortwest

• China's actions during the Boxer Rebellion