Robber Barons and the Gilded Age

What is a monopoly?

• A fun board game to play with my family.

• When one business has control over the production of a good or service.

• When one company buys out all other companies that make the same product.

• A business that splits into multiple separate businesses for more profit.

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

The growth of cities is called:

• assimilation

• ruralization

• mechanization

• urbanization

Andrew Carnegie and John D Rockefeller were know as robber barons because:

• they were like nobility, but they trampled on people to get rich.

• they robbed trains to get rich.

• they made their fortune by working through the night.

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.

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

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

Which one of these men was not a robber baron with a monopoly and ruthless business tactics?

• Andrew Carnegie
• JP Morgan
• John D. Rockefeller
• Thomas Edison

multi-family apartments, usually dark, crowded, and barely meeting minimal living standards

• tenure

• tenement

• skyscraper

• graft

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