Guilded Age, Imperialism, WWI, & Roaring 20s Review

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 process of blending American Indians into the rest of American culture was called:

• expansionism

• gilding

• mechanization

• assimilation

This invention created steel, which was used to build railroads and skyscrapers:

• the telegraph

• the Bessemer Process

• the Model T

• The light bulb

During the Gilded Age there was an increase in ____________________ and ___________________ as people moved to U.S. cities looking for economic opportunities.

• Work and Infrastructure

• Corruption and Laissez-Faire

• Urbanization and Immigration

• Monopolies and Political Bosses

What are some reasons why immigrants came to America during the Gilded Age? (Select all that apply)

• to find jobs

• to escape famine

• to escape persecution

• to be able to vote

completed in 1869 at Promontory Point, Utah making it possible to travel by land to California

• Transcontinental Railroad
• Interstate Highway
• Route 66
• Henry Ford's Model T

Which of the following was NOT a problem labor unions fought for?

• shorter hours
• lower pay
• no child labor
• safer working conditions

Andrew Carnegie and John D Rockefeller created monopolies. What is a monopoly?

• When one person or company controls a market

• a board game created by Rockefeller and Carnegie

• a law that gave them advantages in business

What 5 reasons led the US to join WW1?

• British Ties, Germany invaded Belgium, Zimmerman Telegram, sinking of the Lusitania and unrestricted submarine warfare

• Sinking of the USS Maine, French Ties, Spain losing the War, De Lome letter, Yellow Journalism

• Pink Journalism, Acquiring Hawaii. Imperialism, Cuba losing the war, sinking of the Titanic

• We never joined the war

What was the Zimmerman Telegram

• A German communication promising not to use U-boats

• A German communication encouraging Mexico to side against the U.S.

• A German communication promising to recognize American neutrality

• A British communication urging the U.S. to enter the war