Gilded Age (Urbanization and Industrialization)

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.

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

The growth of cities is called:

• assimilation

• ruralization

• mechanization

• urbanization

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

• trust

• union

• monopoly

• industry

When a single group of people makes decisions for multiple companies and trade stocks, it is known as a:

• stock

• corporation

• monopoly

• trust

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

Which law expanded competition and eliminated trusts and monopolies?

• Interstate Commerce Act 
• Homestead Act
• Sherman AntiTrust Act
• Dawes Act

Who was the leader of Tammany Hall (New York Poltical Machine)?

• Andrew Carnegie
• Henry Ford
• John D. Rockefeller
• William Tweed

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

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

Which group believed in survival of the fittest and people were naturally selected to succeed?

• social darwinist
• political bosses
• nativist
• political machines