SS Unit 4B

The term ___ ___ was coined to represent the prosperity of the period that gilded the corruption underneath.

• Guided Age

• Gilded Age

• Guilty Age

• Genius Age

This image represents the economic disparity- unequal distribution of wealth, during the Gilded Age.

• False

• True

Which industrial capitalist controlled 90% of oil production during the Gilded Age?

• Samuel Gompers

• Alexander Graham Bell

• John D. Rockefeller

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

Which of the following were challenges of labor?

• low pay

• no safeguards

• little hours

• child labor

• extreme hours

Unions represent workers by negotiating for better wages and working conditions, such as a safe working environment.

• True

• False

• Maybe

The AFL’s major goals included the following: higher wage and safer factories.

• False

• True

What invention of Alexander Graham Bell impacted Americans?

• The light bulb- elecetricity

• the telephone- communication speed

• the Model T- transportation

What invention of Thomas Edison impacted Americans?

• the iphone

• The light bulb- elecetricity

• the telephone- communication speed

• the Model T- transportation

George Washington Carver’s studies of peanut plants led to crop rotation.

• True

• False

What industry is Andrew Carnegie famous for?

• Steel Industry

• Oil Industry

• Agricultural Industry

• Lumber Industry